shining

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(3) Chrysococyx lucidus, -- namely, the bird popularly called the shining or bronzed cuckoo.

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  1. Brightness; effulgence; light; sheen. This Emperour hathe in his Chambre, in on of the Pyleres of Gold, a Rubye and a Charboncle of half a fote long, that in the nyght ʒevethe so gret clartee and schynynge that it is als light as day. Mandeville, Travels, p. 239. The stars shall withdraw their shining. Joel ii. 10.
  2. Lightning.
  3. An effort to eclipse others or to be conspicuous; ostentatious display. [Rare.] Would you both please and be instructed too, Watch well the rage of shining to subdue. Stillingfleet.

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  • It was only about half-past four; the stars were shining, and there was a thin, horned moon hanging in the east, its radiant rim turned towards the spot where the day would break. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
  • Don't try to get home across the prairie till it's over The sun was shining, and we did not think the weather looked at all like a storm. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
  • Their hair was beautifully dressed and curled, their boots shining--and buttoned, and their faces smiling and happy-looking They were Betty's ideals! —  An Australian Lassie
  • He raised himself to a sitting posture and looked around Outside the moon was shining, and a few silvery rays crept through the crevices of the door and window-shutters. —  The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger
  • It is the voice of faith, silver-toned and sweet; and the very heavens themselves seem to listen; and the thunders rumble away into the valleys; and the stars, shining, and calm, and benignant, come out again over the mountain-peaks. —  The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
 

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  1. from Middle English schynyng; verbal noun of shine, v.
  2. from Middle English schynyng; present participle of shine, v.
 

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