sheen
21sheen — [Jin] n. a car. (From machine.) □ You have one fine sheen there. □ I have to get my sheen’s oil changed today …
22sheen — sheenful, adj. sheenless, adj. sheenly, adv. /sheen/, n. 1. luster; brightness; radiance. 2. gleaming attire. adj. 3. shining. 4. beautiful. v.i. 5. Scot. and North Eng. to shine. [bef. 900; (adj.) ME sheene beautiful, bri …
23sheen — [OE] Despite its similarity in form and meaning, sheen has no etymological connection with shine. It was originally an adjective, meaning ‘beautiful, bright’. Like its relatives, German schön and Dutch schoon, it goes back to a prehistoric… …
24sheen — noun a soft lustre on a surface. verb literary shine or cause to shine softly. Origin C17: from obs. sheen beautiful, resplendent ; appar. related to shine …
25sheen — noun (singular, uncountable) a soft smooth shiny appearance; lustre (1): Her hair had a lovely coppery sheen …
26sheen — noun we were admiring the sheen of your dog s coat Syn: shine, luster, gloss, patina, shininess, burnish, polish, shimmer, brilliance, radiance See note at polish …
27sheen — /ʃin / (say sheen) noun 1. lustre; brightness; radiance. 2. Poetic gleaming attire. –adjective Obsolete 3. shining. 4. beautiful. {Middle English sheene, Old English dialect scēne beautiful, bright} …
28sheen — [OE] Despite its similarity in form and meaning, sheen has no etymological connection with shine. It was originally an adjective, meaning ‘beautiful, bright’. Like its relatives, German schön and Dutch schoon, it goes back to a prehistoric… …
29sheen — 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 …
30Sheen Priory — from the west, c.1558 62, detail from sketch of Richmond Palace (see below) by Wyngaerde. Note annotation above cien . Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Sheen Priory (ancient spelling: Shene, Shean, etc.) in Sheen, now Richmond, London was a former… …
