Shine \Shine\, v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [Obs.]
He [God] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. --Bacon.
2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} (? or ?; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[=i]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[=i]na, OS. & OHG. sc[=i]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[=i]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. ??? shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night.
Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak.
God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6.
Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham.
2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver.
3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. ``So proud she shined in her princely state.'' --Spenser.
Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope.
4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation.
Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift.
{To make the face to shine upon}, or {To cause the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25.
Shine \Shine\, n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. --Milton.
Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. --Pope.
The distant shine of the celestial city. --Hawthorne.
2. Sunshine; fair weather.
Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. --Dryden.
3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [Slang, U.S.]
4. Caper; antic; row. [Slang]
{To cut up shines}, to play pranks. [Slang, U.S.]
Shine \Shine\, a. [AS. sc[=i]n. See {Shine}, v. i.] Shining; sheen. [Obs.] --Spenser.
"I can't say I have faith in the system to find me innocent. But I believe my innocence will shine through." Clark, who left the country on Tuesday, said he would return to help with the trial.
Sanguinetti's critics say his economic gains shine only in comparison with the recession of the early 1980s.
Smaller stocks may outperform larger shares next month, he says, "but it's not happening with as great vigor." Large investors such as Ray Hirsch, of IDS's Discovery Fund in Minneapolis, expect only some small stocks to shine next month.
One of the strangest things about the materials is their failure to shine when polished.
That is, if the 11-year-old doesn't take a shine to being host of a late-night television program after he appears on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" this week.
But they have just recently taken a shine to gold again.
"We'll let the sunshine come in and shine on us," he tells high school students in Miami.
Almost 90 towboats operated by American Commercial Barge Line Co. were instructed to shine their lights into the air at 6:45 p.m. and blow their whistles.
The recent strength of sterling took the shine off Sedgwick, which eased 2 to 180p. BP was the busiest stock in a generally very quiet oil sector, with the shares managing a minor improvement, up 1 1/2 to 238p, in the absence of any cash-raising exercise.
Also caught up in the change will be Bromfield Street's Hat Cleaning and Shine, where a customer could get a good shine for a buck or so, and where they'd even put new heels on your shoes if you wanted to wait a few minutes.
Students in countries such as South Korea who shine in math take the opposite attitude, underrating their ability.
Kline is a generous actor-director, allowing each performer, down to the smallest role, a chance to shine.
Vaughan's rubber gloves and gown are covered with blood; red dots shine on his eyeglass lenses.
On the solstice, the longest day of the year, the light would shine on a spiral-shaped petroglyph etched on rock behind the slabs.
The shoes of the statue of Will Rogers shine from people touching them for luck. "I do it more in election years," says Rep. Mike Snyder, D-Okla.
Bigay was part of the crew that rigged and focused the hundreds of lights that Democrats hope make their convention shine.
The editor, Viktor G. Afanasyev, was one of two Communist Party insiders to shine the light of glasnost on the Politburo, offering a rare glimpse of the privileges and rigors that come with membership in the inner circle.
The lights of the Velodrome at Olympic Park shine at night like a carnival ride.
Yet if the recent UK performance is any guide, Body Shop may yet regain a dull shine.
Twinkle, twinkle star so fine, hidden by the city's shine." So might go the lament of amateur astronomers lobbying officials to turn down the city lights so they can get a better view of the heavens.
The Inc. executives' strong suit: Creativity, an area in which the Fortune executives didn't shine at all.
When the time came to let the light shine in, he covered up." The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will use a case involving an abandoned movie project to examine penalties for law firms accused of breaking a rule against needless lawsuits.
Amid the turmoil, the RJR Nabisco deal continued to shine, even though the record buyout was accomplished with $4 billion of junk bonds.
The lights shine so brightly on this desertscape (simply constructed out of rubberized material with glued-down sand) that you initially close your eyes.
The word "layoff" was ignored, come rain or shine.
It will not take a shine.
He will report to Paul Chertkow, head of global currency research, and replaces Avinash Persaud who departed for JP Morgan at the end of June. With the virtual collapse of the ERM, there is plenty of scope for currency forecasters to shine at present.
Diesels shine on both counts. Although not many second cars cover big annual mileages in total, they often make a great number of short trips of two or three miles or even less.
However, the US market proved a disappointment after the release of economic data, and took some of the shine off the UK market where profit-taking saw the Footsie close a net 8.7 firmer at 2,843.0, although it fell 19.9 over the week.
The other male performers have a hard time of it in "Legs Diamond" and are given little opportunity to shine.