varnishing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Varnishing \Var"nish*ing\, n. The act of laying on varnish; also, materials for varnish. [1913 Webster]
Varnish \Var"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Varnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Varnishing.] [Cf. F. vernir, vernisser. See Varnish, n.] [1913 Webster]
1.To lay varnish on; to cover with a liquid which produces, when dry, a hard, glossy surface; as, to varnish a table; to varnish a painting. [1913 Webster]
2.To cover or conceal with something that gives a fair appearance; to give a fair coloring to by words; to gloss over; to palliate; as, to varnish guilt. "Beauty doth varnish age." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Close ambition, varnished o'er with zeal.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Cato's voice was ne'er employed To clear the guilty and to varnish crimes.— Addison.[1913 Webster]