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Webster 1913 Edition

Veneer

Ve-neer′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Veneered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Veneering
.]
[G.
furnieren
,
fourniren
, fr. F.
fournir
to furnish. See
Furnish
.]
To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration;
as, to
veneer
a piece of furniture with mahogany
. Used also figuratively.
As a rogue in grain
Veneered
with sanctimonious theory.
Tennyson.

Ve-neer′

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
furnier
or
fournier
. See
Veneer
,
Verb.
T.
]
A thin leaf or layer of a more valuable or beautiful material for overlaying an inferior one, especially such a thin leaf of wood to be glued to a cheaper wood; hence, external show; gloss; false pretense.
Veneer moth
(Zool.)
,
any moth of the genus
Chilo
; – so called because the mottled colors resemble those of veneering.

Webster 1828 Edition

Veneer

VENEE'R

,
Verb.
T.
To inlay; to lay thin slices or leaves of fine wood of different kinds on a ground of common wood.

VENEE'R

,
Noun.
Thin slices of wood for inlaying.

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