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veneer


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veneer  \Ve*neer"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Veneered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Veneering}.]  [G.  furnieren  fourniren  fr  F.  fournir  to 
  furnish.  See  {Furnish}.] 
  To  overlay  or  plate  with  a  thin  layer  of  wood  or  other 
  material  for  outer  finish  or  decoration;  as  to  veneer  a 
  piece  of  furniture  with  mahogany.  Used  also  figuratively. 
 
  As  a  rogue  in  grain  Veneered  with  sanctimonious  theory. 
  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Veneer  \Ve*neer"\,  n.  [Cf.  G.  furnier  or  fournier.  See  {Veneer}, 
  v.  t.] 
  A  thin  leaf  or  layer  of  a  more  valuable  or  beautiful  material 
  for  overlaying  an  inferior  one  especially  such  a  thin  leaf 
  of  wood  to  be  glued  to  a  cheaper  wood;  hence  external  show 
  gloss;  false  pretense. 
 
  {Veneer  moth}  (Zo["o]l.),  any  moth  of  the  genus  {Chilo};  -- 
  so  called  because  the  mottled  colors  resemble  those  of 
  veneering. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  veneer 
  n  1:  a  thin  layer  of  superior  wood  glued  to  a  base  of  inferior 
  wood  [syn:  {veneering}] 
  2:  an  ornamental  coating  to  a  building  [syn:  {facing}] 
  v  :  cover  with  veneer,  as  of  furniture 




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