shinel (shin)

[= OS. scin, skin = D. shijn = OHG. scin, schin, MHG. schin, G. schein = Icel. skin = Sw. sken = Dan. skin; from the verb.] 1. Light; illumination. The Earth her store, the Stars shall leave their measures, The Sun his shine. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, 11., The Handy-Crafts. Ashtaroth Now sits not girt with tapers' holy shine . Milton , Nativity, 1. 202. 2. Sunshine; hence, fair weather. Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine . Their vales in misty shadows deep, Their rugged peaks in shine . Dryden. Whittier , The Hilltop. 3. Sheen; brilliancy; luster; glo . The shine of armour bright. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall , Ireland, I. 429. shinel (shin), v.; pret. and pp. shone , ppr. shin ing ( shined , pret. and pp., is obsolete or vulgar). [ , shoon , schoon, schon, schone , schane , pp. shinen ), scinan (pret. scan , pl. scinon , pp. scinen ) = OS. skin an = OFries. skin a , schina = D. schijnen = MLG.schinen, LG. schinen = OHG.scinan , MHG. schinen, G. scheinen = Icel. skin a = Sw. skin a = Dan. skinne = Goth. skein an , shine; with present-formative- na , ski , shine, whence also ult. E. shim1 , shime , shimmer1 , etc., also E. 4. Brightne ; splendor; irradiation. (obs.) shire2, and sheer1, bright, etc.; prob. akin to Gr. σκιά, a shadow (whence ult. E. squirrel ), σκίρον, sunshade, parasol.] I. in trans. 1. Το send forth or give out light or brightne , literally or figuratively: as, the sun shines by day, the moon by night. But ever the sone shyneth ryght cler and hote. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 21. After which long night, the Sunne of Righteousne e shone unto the Syrians. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 86. If the Moon shine they use but few Torches, if not, the Church is full of light. Dampier , Voyages, I. 127. Ye talk of Fires which shine but never burn; In this cold World they'll hardly serve our Turn. Cowley, The Mistre , Answer to the Platonicks. Sir J. Haring ton , tr. of Ariosto, xxxvii. 15. ( Nares .) He that has inured his eyes to that divine splendour which results from the beauty of holine is not dazzled with the glittering shine of gold. Decay of Christian Piety . Her device, within a ring of clouds, a heart with shine about it. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. That same radiant shine - That lustre wherewith Nature's nature decked Our intellectual part. Marston, Scourge of Villanie, vii. 8. This addition Of virtue is above all shine of state, And will draw more admirers.