veneer

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VENEE'R, verb transitive 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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