Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sheen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sheen \Sheen\, n.
Brightness; splendor; glitter. ``Throned in celestial
sheen.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen.
--Chaucer.
Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in
filed steel and armor sheen. --Fairfax.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sheen \Sheen\, v. i.
To shine; to glisten. [Poetic]
This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.
--Byron.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sheen
n : the visual property of something that shines with reflected
light [syn: {shininess}, {luster}, {lustre}]
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