varnish

Christie spoke passionately about his late mother, who “spoke the truth bluntly, directly, and without much varnish.”

The varnish of a beautiful amber colour, and there are a few instances of fine red.

The varnish is of first quality, and his violins are yearly becoming more valuable and of greater importance.

Another is quite equal, more highly finished and has his splendid red varnish.

Neither the model, the wood, nor the varnish possesses much verisimilitude at different periods of his career.

He also occasionally, but much more seldom, used red coloured varnish.