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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for sheen:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
sheen
    n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected
         light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]

2. 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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sheen \Sheen\, n.
   Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen."
   --Milton.
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4. 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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