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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sheen \Sheen\, verb (used without an object) To shine; to glisten. [Poetic]
This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. --Byron.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sheen \Sheen\, noun Brightness; splendor; glitter. ''Throned in celestial sheen.'' --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sheen \Sheen\, adjective [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}, verb (used with an object)] 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sheen
noun: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light [syn: {shininess}, {luster}, {lustre}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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