vendis (vendis)

See vendace. venditatet (ven'di-tāt), v. t. pp. of vend it are, offer again and again for sale, freq. of vendere, sell: see vend1.] To set out, as for sale; hence, to display ostentatiously; make a show of. This they doe in the subtil tie of their wit, they would vend it at them for the very wonders of natures... as if worke. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xxxvii. 12. veneer (ve-ner'), v. t. [Formerly also fineer; corrupted (prob. in factory use) from * furneer, The Italians call it [marquetry] pietre comme e, a sort of inlaying with stones, analogous to the fineering of cabinets in wood. Smollett , Travels, xxviii. The bottom and sides of the frame seem to be fineered, and inlaid, probably with ivory, tortoise-shell, and mother of-pearl. Bruce , Source of the Nile, I. 130. 2. To cover with a thin coating of substance similar to the body, in other materials than wood, as in ceramics. It [Oiron (or Henri Deux) ware] is strictly a veneered pottery. The object was formed in clay, and then covered with a thin skin of the same material. IMG:content-1753.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1754.jpg:[blocks in formation] Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory. Tennyson, Prince , Prol. Thoughtfulne for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady, as distinguished from the veneered article which commonly goes by that name. Huxley, Critiques and Addre es, p. 8. veneer (vē-nēr'), n. [ v .] 1. A thin piece of wood of a choice kind laid upon another of a more common sort, so as to give a superior and more valuable appearance to the article so treated, as a piece of furniture. Choice and beautiful kinds of hard woods, as mahogany or rosewood, are used for veneers, the wood to which they are attached by gluing being usually deal or pine. Ivory, mother of-pearl, and other ornamental substances are sometimes 2. A thin coating covering the body of anything, especially for decorative purposes: used when the material of the outer coating is similar to that of the body, as in ceramics or in paper-manufacturing. [Rare.] -3. Show; superficial ornament; meretricious disguise. used as veneers for small articles, as cabinets or caskets. It is still often po ible to hush up scandals, to play fast and loose with inconvenient facts, to smooth over fund a H. N. Oxenham , Short Studies, p. 143.