varnished

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She told MPs that this included a “foetal skeleton posed under a glass dome, a human thigh bone turned into a cane, a human jawbone necklace and the varnished skull of a six-year-old”.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

His family, who had arrived from the Philippines in droves to celebrate his 50th birthday, beamed from the first several rows of glossy, varnished pews.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

A quick way to see whether something is laminated or varnished is to tear it, she explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

How a star’s public persona, varnished or unvarnished, can dictate what they can get away with in the eye of their followers.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2023

While the table was covered in roses and moss, and its wood had been pocked with woodworm, the boat looked as fresh as if it had been newly varnished.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell