Noun

(en noun)

* 1773, Stanfield Parkinson, preface to the Journal of his brother 's Endeavour voyage, page 18,

Can it be supposed, that a man of Dr. Hawkes-worth’s discretion and abilities would enter into an engagement of this nature, and make a purchase of such moment, without enquiring into the title of the vender ?

Noun

(en noun)

A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to coarser wood or other material.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises true nature or feelings.

* 2014 December 5, " Joy From the World," The New York Times Magazine (retrieved 6 December 2014):

“Yalda,” Dabashi says, “has managed to survive the centuries because it has been gently recodified with a Muslim veneer .”