Sheen (?), a. [OE. sehene, AS. sci'ene, scne, scne, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. skne, skne, OS. scni, D. schoon, G. schon, OHG. scni, 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.
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Sheen, v. i.
To shine; to glisten.
[Poetic]
This town,
That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.
Byron.
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Sheen, n.
Brightness; splendor; glitter.
"Throned in celestial
sheen."
Milton.
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