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sheenier
Variant of sheen
sheen
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sheen (s̸hēn)
adjective
Archaic of shining beauty; bright
Etymology: ME schene < OE sciene, beautiful, splendid, akin to Ger schön (< IE base *(s)keu-, to observe, heed > hear): sense infl. by assoc. with shine
intransitive verb
Dialectal to shine; gleam
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