Obs. rare. [f. as prec.] The act of varnishing.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T., Wks. (Grosart), IV. 210. Thou hast … wyth Arts-vanishing varnishment, made thy selfe a changeling from the forme I first cast thee in.
1646. Jenkyn, Remora, 19. Let not humane varnishments and pretexts draw forth thy love to it.
