Noun : The play has a varnish of witty dialogue.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to varnish the truth.    From Dictionary.com. 

Either that or they adopt a look that I can only describe as varnished and metropolitan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

It is merely a kind of varnished silk, and its manufacture is very easy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference

This plaster is a kind of varnished silk, and its manufacture is very easy.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

They are the ones whom the French call "varnished," which is a way of saying that projectiles glance off their anatomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Second Year of the War] Reference

When varnished over this stain it is most elegant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

On TV, we want our reality varnished to a high gloss.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Feffer: When Reality Shows Collide] Reference

Such figures may be beautifully varnished by means of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

And treacherous quags abound where boards are varnished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914] Reference

` This is the whole fuel system all varnished up from old gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bailey White: 'The Telephone Man'] Reference

It may be painted or varnished, all but two feet in the middle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference

Mounted on Cloth in case, 4/-; Mounted on Roller and varnished, 5/.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference

The floors were all painted and varnished, and very easily kept clean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference

A different material was also used, varnished silk being tried as an experiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference

Articles varnished in this manner may be cleaned with water and a bit of dry rag.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

When seasoned, one side and one edge should be polished and then oiled or varnished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference

Their colour is brown, and their skin shines, being varnished with bears fat and paint.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference

Not so for the varnished counters, although they excelled in our stain-resistance tests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Choosing counters for a farmhouse kitchen] Reference

I took a good look at the door to the main casino, a heavy job of varnished native cedar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vigorish] Reference

The vapors of varnished floorboards have not yet been displaced by the plump sap of summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philosopher] Reference

Most eyes were on Danny's sled, for it was painted in bright colors, and brightly varnished.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins at School] Reference

I feel like a dynamo, too, on the shuddering varnished bench over the ferry's grinding engines.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Line] Reference

At the foot of the stairs lay Chrysantheme's wooden shoes and her sandals of varnished leather.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The cards may be sized with a thin glue, afterward varnished, if it is desired to preserve them.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

If a bat is varnished, the handle should be scraped, so that it will not turn easily in the hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference

The leaves of the trees, as often happens after a rain, looked as fresh as a newly varnished picture.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The result was a machine-varnished and, as nearly as such a thing was possible, hydrogen gas-proof bag.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference

Each had a tall glass of cranberry-apple juice that gathered pools of perspiration on the varnished table.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spear Master] Reference

Water is best represented by "hammered glass" coloured, and streaked and varnished, to the tint required.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

While dry, lay it down upon a varnished table or dry woolen cloth, and rub it briskly with a piece of India rubber.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference

Waves are moderately well imitated by thin paper creased, varnished and coloured, on which white wool "foam" is arranged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference

The slides are now finished, but the varnished surface will easily scratch, and must be protected by a piece of clean glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference

If the woodwork is properly varnished or charred, and the ova managed thoroughly, there should, however, be but little risk of fungus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amateur Fish Culture] Reference

They are composed of spruce and aluminium and steel tubing braced with wire and covered by linen doped and varnished when in position.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference

Blocks of ice require special treatment with glass and thin paper strained over a framework and varnished to get a good and natural effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference