单词 | veneering |
释义 | veˈneeringn. 1. a. The process of applying thin flat plates or slips of fine wood (or other suitable material, as ivory) to cabinet-work or similar articles in order to produce a more elegant or polished surface than that of the underlying material; also, the result obtained by this process. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > veneering veneering1706 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > veneering veneering1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Veneering, a sort of in-laid Work among Joyners, Cabinet-makers &c. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Marquetry, The whole is..polish'd with the Skin of the Sea-Dog, Wax, and Shave-Grass, as in simple Vaneering. 1762 S. Derrick Lett. (1767) II. 66 Their polish is high; the inlaying and veneering very beautiful. 1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants (1836) 611 The old wood furnishes the cabinet-maker with a beautiful material for veneering. 1854 C. Tomlinson Cycl. Useful Arts II. 900/2 The operations of veneering consist in glueing the veneer to the prepared surface, and cleaning and polishing it when so fixed. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 411/1 In veneering with the hammer, cut the veneer a little larger than the surface to be covered. b. fig. (Cf. veneer v. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > creating fair appearance colouring?1435 cloaking1513 disguising1587 varnishment1593 fucation1612 artinga1620 veneering1808 duffing1826 whitewash1882 window dressing1903 1808 Scott Let. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) II. vi. 208 By this sort of veneering, he converts..articles which, in their original state, might hang in the market [etc.]. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain (1906) 238 There is little originality in Spanish medicine. It is chiefly a veneering of other men's ideas. 1867 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel iv, He had been a good scholar in college, not so much by hard study as by skilful veneering. 1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 126 The..veneering of the mind with new impressions. 2. a. Wood or other material in the form of veneer; a facing of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > material for veneering veneer1742 veneering1813 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > veneering > material veneer1742 veneering1813 1813 in A. Chalmers Poet. Wks. Burns 444 Veneering oft outshines the solid wood. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. ii. 46 A veneering of marble has been fastened on the rough brick wall. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3411 The veneering being laid in cement instead of glue, will bear an immense amount of heat..before it will strip from the underwood. b. fig. (Cf. veneer v. 2b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] hue971 glozea1300 showingc1300 coloura1325 illusionc1340 frontc1374 simulationc1380 visage1390 cheera1393 sign?a1425 countenance?c1425 study?c1430 cloak1526 false colour1531 visure1531 face1542 masquery?1544 show1547 gloss1548 glass1552 affectation1561 colourableness1571 fashion1571 personage?1571 ostentation1607 disguise1632 lustrementa1641 grimace1655 varnish1662 masquerade1674 guisea1677 whitewash1730 varnish1743 maya1789 vraisemblance1802 Japan1856 veneering1865 veneer1868 affectedness1873 candy coating1885 simulance1885 window dressing1903 1865 Reader 4 Mar. 253/3 Though the great mass..have but a veneering of education and accomplishment. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. iv. 192 A very thin veneering of mediævalism..covered his modern creed. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 235 The thin veneering of civilisation gets worn off. 3. attrib., as veneering-hammer, veneering-plane, veneering-press.A faneering-saw is mentioned in 1688 by R. Holme Armoury 365/1. ΚΠ 1846 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. IV. 212 This veneering-plane is of small size, and the iron..is jagged with a number of notches. 1846 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. IV. 213 A piece of wood about three inches square and an inch thick has a straight strip of iron-plate fixed to one edge, and is called a veneering-hammer. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 138/2 The surfaces..are..tightly pressed together in a veneering press. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2015). < n.1706 |
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