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A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
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One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.
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A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
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Gold powder for covering varnished surfaces.
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Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.
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Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.
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A liquid composition applied to a gilded surface to give luster to the gold.
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A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
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A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
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The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
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A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture.
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A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
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To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
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Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf.
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To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
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Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.
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Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc.
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A ridge or streak rising above the surface, as of cloth; hence, the texture of cloth.
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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.
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