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In the eighteenth century, varnish was a term indicating almost any viscous liquid that can be applied to a surface and that, when dry, forms a cohesive, protective, and glossy coat. reference We use nearly the same definition today, if less liberally: Varnish is most often a sealant for wood or a protective layer applied to a painting.
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"Varnish --" said Mr. Merryweather; and he plunged into a dissertation upon the abominations of most varnishes and the iniquities of their makers.
The Merryweathers Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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OSS Technologies such as Varnish (high-performance HTTP accelerator … reverse proxy), gearman (open source message queuing system that makes it easy to do distributed job processing using multiple languages … function dispatcher) and hadoop (distributed computing platform)
Recently Uploaded Slideshows fallenpegasus 2010
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If you enable full page caching with memcached, or use a proxy cache server such as Varnish or Squid then the end result is fast, but Drupal is not fast alone.
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If you enable full page caching with memcached, or use a proxy cache server such as Varnish or Squid then the end result is fast, but Drupal is not fast alone.
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Pendleton is being chased by a new wave of young British women sprint cyclists, headed by Jess Varnish and Becky James.
Victoria Pendleton: 'Dreaming of being chased by a killer is normal' Donald McRae 2010
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On Friday Sir Chris Hoy and Ross Edgar join the new world sprint champion, Jason Kenny, in the team sprint and Victoria Pendleton and Jess Varnish compete in the women's event.
British women's pursuit team offer hint of velodrome records to come 2012
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While Pendleton's keirin title yesterday took her tally to 29, Wales's Becky James took three medals, including gold with Varnish in the team sprint.
Ross Edgar heads for Commonwealth Games after national victory William Fotheringham in Manchester 2010
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The Varnish -- At the back of Cole's Restaurant downtown is a door that one would assume is the entrance to the kitchen or a bathroom.
Girl at a Bar: The Los Angeles Speakeasy Girl at a Bar 2011
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Open this magical door and you enter into the small dark room of The Varnish bar.
Girl at a Bar: The Los Angeles Speakeasy Girl at a Bar 2011
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