Definition for SHINE

SHINE, n.

  1. Fair weather. Be it fair or foul, rain or shine. – Dryden.
  2. Brightness; splendor; luster; gloss. The glittering shine of gold. – Decay of Piety. Fair op'ning to some court's propitious shine. – Pope. [Not elegant.]

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