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[syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sheen \Sheen\, v. i.
To shine; to glisten. [Poetic]
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This town,
That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. --Byron.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sheen \Sheen\, n.
Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen."
--Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sheen \Sheen\, a. [OE. sehene, AS. sci['e]ne, sc?ne, sc?ne,
splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk?ne, sk?ne, OS. sc?ni,
D. schoon, G. sch["o]n, OHG. sc?ni, Goth, skanus, and E.
shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth
seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See Shew, v. t.]
Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., except
in poetry.]
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This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen.
--Chaucer.
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Up rose each warrier bold and brave,
Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. --Fairfax.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sheen
n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected
light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheen":
afterglow, air glow, brightness, burnish, candescence, dazzle,
finish, flush, glaze, gleam, glimmer, glint, gloss, glow,
incandescence, luster, polish, radiance, shimmer, shine, shininess,
shining light, skylight, sunset glow