Word Meanings - SHONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

imp. & p. p. of Shine.

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• SHINESS
  See SHYNESS
• SHINER
  That which shines. Specifically: A luminary. A bright piece of money. Has she the shiners, d' ye think Foote. black eye. Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and
• SHINE
  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,
• MOONSHINER
  A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
• BUSHINESS
  The condition or quality of being bushy.
• 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
• FISHINESS
  The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant.
• OUTSHINE
  To shine forth. "Bright, outshining beams." Shak.
• RUSHINESS
  The quality or state of abounding with rushes.
• ASHINE
  Shining; radiant.
• MARSHINESS
  The state or condition of being marshy.
• MOONSHINE
  1. The light of the moon. 2. Hence, show without substance or reality. 3. A month. Shak. 4. A preparation of eggs for food.
• FLASHINESS
  The quality of being flashy.
• SQUASHINESS
  The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.
• BRUSHINESS
  The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. Dr. H. More.
• STARSHINE
  The light of the stars. The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson.
• OVERSHINE
  1. To shine over or upon; to illumine. Shak. 2. To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak.