sunray

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But little Joan took off her shoes, and with her hands behind her head stood on the end of the see-saw as lightly as a sunray standing on a wave, and she looked up and down at Martin, half shyly because she was afraid she was showing off, and half smiling because she was happy as a bird.

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  1. a ray of sunlight
  2. a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
  3. herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona

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  • We manage 20 sunrays, and it would be nice to set the dynamic group on each sunray for the users. —  Planet Sun
  • It features a striking blue dial with a subtle sunray texture, housed in a case that's cut from a single block of steel and finished with a brushed surface. ... —  RO.RSS
  • We traditionally decorate this bread with the "sunray slash": score the rounds straight across the center, then, from the starting point of the first cut, score two lines radiating outward on each side.
  • The weather has been a nightmare for this project, it has rained somewhere in the region EVERYDAY throughout our whole Summer, but I have pushed on grabbing each single sunray as it passed by. —  The EDM SuperBlog
  • Description: Artifact of Maya Calendar in a sunray —  A Virtual Hobby Store and Coffee Shop
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