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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHEEN, a. Bright; glittery; showy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English shene, from Old English sc?ene; akin to Old English sc?awian to look — more at show Date: before 12th century 1. archaic beautiful 2. archaic shining, resplendent II. intransitive verb Date: 14th century to be bright ; show a sheen III. noun Date: 1600 1. a. a bright or shining condition ; brightness b. a subdued glitter approaching but short of optical reflection c. a lustrous surface imparted to textiles through finishing processes or use of shiny yarns 2. a textile exhibiting notable sheen • sheeny adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a gloss or lustre on a surface. 2 radiance, brightness. Derivatives: sheeny adj. Etymology: obs. sheen beautiful, resplendent f. OE scene: sense assim. to SHINE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sheen Sheen, n. Brightness; splendor; glitter. ``Throned in celestial sheen.'' --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sheen Sheen, v. i. To shine; to glisten. [Poetic] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. --Byron.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something has a sheen, it has a smooth and gentle brightness on its surface. The carpet had a silvery sheen to it. N-SING: oft adj N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Brightness, splendor, shine, gloss.

Moby Thesaurus

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