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单词 veneering
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veˈneeringn.

Etymology: Later form of faneering, fineering (compare fineer v.1), < German furni(e)rung , fourni(e)rung : see veneer v. and compare Danish finering, Swedish fanering. The form faneering occurs in 1670 in Evelyn Sylva xxiv. 121, and in 1685 in Cotton Montaigne's Ess. (1711) III. 247. Fineering is common in the 18th cent.
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.
transf.1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 2700 A process termed veneering has been adopted with some kinds of pottery where a strong but coarse and unsightly ware is dipped..into a paste of superior color and quality.
b. fig. (Cf. veneer v. 2b.)
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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.
transf.a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 275 Book press..of rough deal, but covered with newspaper veneering where necessary.
b. fig. (Cf. veneer v. 2b.)
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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.
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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).
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