verb. Simple past tense and past participle of varnish.

adjective. coated, or decorated with varnish

adjective. having a coating of stain or varnish

"Brethren of St. Francis and their clients, which still roughen the pavement of Santa Croce at Florence, and recall the varnished polychrome decoration of those Greek monuments in connexion with the worn-out blazonry of the funeral brasses of England and Flanders."

painted  

garnished  tarnished  unvarnished  

arabesque  bird's-eye  copper-bound  cream-white  fifteen-knot  

varnish