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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Varnish

from the French vernis; Italian, vernice. Sir G. C. Lewis says the word is a corruption of Berenice, famous for her amber hair, which was dedicated in the temple of Arsinoe, and became a constellation. (See Berenice.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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