| 单词 | white varnish |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite varnish white varnish n. (originally) a pale buff or straw-coloured, translucent varnish, esp. that used to glaze oil or tempera paintings; (also) the resin used in making this; spec. = mastic varnish n. at mastic n. Compounds 2; (later also) any white-coloured varnish. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > varnish mastic varnish1510 white varnish1560 varnish1633 brush-varnish1875 1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 79 Take foure vnces of white Vernishe, two vnces of Mastick, and asmuche of white Encens, two dragmes of true Camfire, and lette all be made into fine pouder. 1691 W. Yworth New Art of making Wines vii. 104 In place of Guttagamba some use Turmerick, others Saffron, to raise the golden colour. Now Gum Anima makes a white Varnish, and Gum spelt a black. 1869 C. L. Eastlake Materials Hist. Oil Painting II. ii. 33 Hubert Van Eyck..was in the habit. like others, of coating his tempera pictures with ‘vernice liquida’; like others, he must also have been acquainted with the ‘white varnish’. 2013 Observer Mag. (Nexis) 7 July 39 Try a good white varnish under any bright colour to make it look lit from within. < as lemmas |
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