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Word Meanings - SHINE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

schijnen, OFries. skina, OS. & OHG. scinan, G. scheinen, Icel.skina, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. Sheer pure, 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as,

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schijnen, OFries. skina, OS. & OHG. scinan, G. scheinen, Icel.skina, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. Sheer pure, 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. 2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham. 2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. 3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. "So proud she shined in her princely state." Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope. 4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift. To make, or cause, the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi. 25.

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  • EFFERVESCENCE; EFFERVESCENCY
    A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
  • SPARKLER
    One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
  • GLARE
    1. To shine with a bright, dazzling light. The cavern glares with new-admitted light. Dryden. 2. To look with fierce, piercing eyes; to stare earnestly, angrily, or fiercely. And eye that scorcheth all it glares upon. Byron. 3. To be bright and
  • CORUSCATE
    To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.
  • RADIATE-VEINED
    Having the principal veins radiating, or diverging, from the apex of the petiole; -- said of such leaves as those of the grapevine, most maples, and the castor-oil plant.
  • GLAREOUS
    Glairy. John Georgy .
  • FLASHING
    The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
  • BUBBLE SHELL
    A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
  • EFFERVESCENT
    Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas
  • GLISTEN
    To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn. -- See Flash. (more info) glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf.
  • GLEAM
    To disgorge filth, as a hawk.
  • SPARKLE
    1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy;
  • FLASH
    1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. 2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary
  • SCINTILLATE
    1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
  • GLEAMY
    Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating. In brazed arms, that cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Pope.
  • FLASHY
    1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow. 2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. Burke. 3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress. 4. Without
  • FLASH BURNER
    A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.
  • SHINESS
    See SHYNESS
  • EFFERVESCE
    1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. 2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed;
  • RADIATED
    Belonging to the Radiata. (more info) 1. Emitted, or sent forth, in rays or direct lines; as, radiated heat. 2. Formed of, or arranged like, rays or radii; having parts or markings diverging, like radii, from a common center or axis; as, a radiated
  • MOONSHINER
    A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
  • OUTSPARKLE
    To exceed in sparkling.
  • INEFFERVESCENT
    Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
  • BUSHINESS
    The condition or quality of being bushy.
  • AGLEAM
    Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell.
  • TRIRADIATE; TRIRADIATED
    Having three rays.
  • DISPARKLE
    To scatter abroad. Holland.
  • UNIRADIATED
    Having but one ray.
  • FLESHINESS
    The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.
  • ARSHINE
    A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
  • WASHINESS
    The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.
  • EARTH SHINE
    See EARTH

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