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sheen
(encz) | sheen,lesk n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sheen
(gcide) | Sheen \Sheen\, v. i.
To shine; to glisten. [Poetic]
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This town,
That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. --Byron.
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Sheen
(gcide) | Sheen \Sheen\, n.
Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen."
--Milton.
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Sheen
(gcide) | 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.]
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This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen.
--Chaucer.
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Up rose each warrier bold and brave,
Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. --Fairfax.
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sheen
(wn) | sheen
n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected
light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre] |
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dasheen
(encz) | dasheen, n: |
sheen
(encz) | sheen,lesk n: Zdeněk Brož |
sheeny
(encz) | sheeny,lesklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dasheen
(gcide) | Dasheen \Dash`een"\ (d[a^]sh`[=e]n"), n.
1. A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn.
Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is
related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much
superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the
potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being
prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the
Southern United States.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. a herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics
for its edible root and in temperate areas as an
ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
Syn: taro, taro plant, dalo, Colocasia esculenta.
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3. the edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
Syn: taro, cocoyam, eddo.
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4. a tropical starchy tuberous root.
Syn: taro, taro root, cocoyam, edda.
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Sheenly
(gcide) | Sheenly \Sheen""ly\, adv.
Brightly. [R.] --Mrs. Browning.
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Sheeny
(gcide) | Sheeny \Sheen"y\, a.
Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. "A sheeny summer morn."
--Tennyson.
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dasheen
(wn) | dasheen
n 1: edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants [syn: taro,
cocoyam, dasheen, eddo]
2: herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for
its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for
its large glossy leaves [syn: taro, taro plant, dalo,
dasheen, Colocasia esculenta]
3: tropical starchy tuberous root [syn: taro, taro root,
cocoyam, dasheen, edda] |
sheen
(wn) | sheen
n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected
light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre] |
sheeny
(wn) | sheeny
adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the
moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";
"shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy,
lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]
n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew [syn: kike,
hymie, sheeny, yid] |
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