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Sheen
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen." Milton.
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
To shine; to glisten. [Poetic] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.