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sheen | sheene |

As a proper noun sheen

is .

As an adjective sheene is

(obsolete) shiny.

sheen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) shene, from (etyl)

Adjective

(wikipedia sheen) (en adjective)
  • (rare, poetic) beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
  • * Fairfax
    • Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen .

    Noun

    (sheens)
  • splendor; radiance; shininess.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shine; to glisten.
  • * Byron
    • This town, / That, sheening far, celestial seems to be.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter in the Arabic script.

    • sheene

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (obsolete) shiny
  • * {{quote-book, year=1591, author=Edmund Spenser, title=The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Then when he was all dight he tooke his way Into the forest, that he might be seene / Of the wilde beasts in his new glory sheene . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1887, author=Various, title=Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=If Saphyres, loe! her eies be Saphyres plaine; If Rubies, loe! hir lips be Rubies sound; If Pearles, hir teeth be pearles, both pure and round; If Yvorie, her forehead yvory weene; If Gold, her locks are finest gold on ground; If Silver, her faire hands are silver sheene : But that which fairest is but few behold, Her mind, adornd with vertues manifold." }} ----