vernish

English

Noun

vernish (countable and uncountable, plural vernishes)

1. Obsolete form of varnish.

Verb

vernish (third-person singular simple present vernishes, present participle vernishing, simple past and past participle vernished)

1. Obsolete form of varnish.

References

• “vernish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nervish, shriven

Middle English

Noun

vernish

1. varnish

Verb

vernish (third-person singular simple present vernisheth, present participle vernishende, vernishynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle vernished)

1. to varnish
   • c1386, Langland, “Passus V. 70”, in Piers Plowman‎^[1]:

     Venim or vernisch · or vinegre, I trouwe, Walleþ in my wombe · or waxeþ, ich wene.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1392, Chaucer, “The Reeve's Tale 229-230”, in The Canterbury Tales‎^{[The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]}:

     Wel hath this miller vernisshed his heed; Ful pale he was for-dronken, and nat reed.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)