sheen

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sheen \Sheen\, n.
   Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen."
   --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "sheen":
      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