luster

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Soft reflected light; sheen.
2. n. Brilliance or radiance of light; brightness.
3. n. Glory, radiance, distinction, or splendor, as of achievement, reputation, or beauty.
4. n. A glass pendant, especially on a chandelier.
5. n. A decorative object, such as a chandelier, that gives off light.
6. n. Any of various substances, such as wax or glaze, used to give an object a gloss or polish.
7. n. The surface glossiness of ceramic ware after glazing, especially the metallic sheen of lusterware.
8. n. A fabric, such as alpaca, having a glossy surface.
9. n. The appearance of a mineral surface judged by its brilliance and ability to reflect light.
10. v. To give a gloss, glaze, or sheen to.
11. v. To give or add glory, radiance, distinction, or splendor to.
12. v. To be or become lustrous.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One who lusts; one inflamed with lust.
2. n. The quality of shining; brilliancy or refulgence, from inherent constitution or artificial polish; splendor; glow; sheen; gloss: as, the luster of the stars, or of gold.
3. n. In mineralogy, a variation in the nature of the reflecting surface of minerals. In this sense the word designates, first, the kind or quality of the light reflected; second, the degree of intensity. The principal kinds of luster are: metallic, as in pyrites and galena; adamantine, as in the diamond; vitreous, as in glass; resinous, as in zinc-blende; greasy, as in elæolite; pearly, as in gypsum; and silky, as in amianthus.
4. n. The state or quality of being illustrious or famous; brilliant distinction; brilliancy, as of a person, a deed, an event, or the like.
5. n. A branched candelabrum or chandelier or namented with prisms or pendants of glass.
6. n. The quality of glossiness or brilliancy in a textile material or in a finished fabric: as, the luster of wool or of satin.
7. n. A thin and light kind of poplin.
8. n. Synonyms Refulgence.
9. n. Glory, celebrity.
10. n. 1 and Effulgence, Brilliance, etc. See radiance.
11. To impart luster or gloss to.
12. n. Same as lustrum.
13. n. The den or abode of a wild beast.
14. n. A material applied to the surface of something in order to produce a lustrous appearance.
15. n. In ceramics, a metallic glaze containing gold applied to pottery or porcelain.

Wiktionary

1. n. Shine, polish or sparkle.
2. n. By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
3. n. Refinement, polish or quality.
4. n. A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses
5. v. To gleam, have luster
6. v. To give luster, distinguish
7. v. To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. One who lusts.
2. n. A period of five years; a lustrum.
3. n. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
4. n. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
5. n. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
6. n. The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
7. n. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as graphite and some of the glazes.
8. n. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.
9. v. To make lustrous.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a quality that outshines the usual
2. n. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
3. n. a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain