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Definition of Sheenier
1. sheeny [adj] - See also: sheeny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheenier
Literary usage of Sheenier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1905)
"... Was up-reared on high, even to the roof of Heaven, From the field of earth,
like a fiery tower, Seen beneath the sky's expanse, sheenier than the sun, ..."
2. The History of Early English Literature: Being the History of English Poetry by Stopford Augustus Brooke (1892)
"... like a fiery tower, Seen beneath the sky's expanse, sheenier than the sun, 2
This is tlie Pillar of Light afterwards more fully described. ..."
3. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by Robert Chambers, David Patrick (1901)
"... like a fiery tower, Seen beneath the sky's expanse, sheenier than the sun,
Glory of the glorious stars ! Hosts of angels sang Loud the lay of Victory ! ..."
4. Australian Poets, 1788-1888: Being a Selection of Poems Upon All Subjects by Arthur Patchett Martin (1890)
"THE LAND OF DREAMS—A SONG* A PLEASANT land is the land of dreams, At the back of
the shining air I It hath sunnier skies and sheenier streams, And gardens ..."
5. Household Friends for Every Season by James Thomas Fields (1864)
"... and sheenier than first-water gems. Wade felt the high exhilaration of pure
blood galloping through a body alive from top to toe. ..."
6. Fishing Holidays by Stephen Lucius Gwynn (1904)
"... just like any fresh-run white trout you may catch in the river—or very little
sheenier. But when he came out of the water his back shone like the sun. ..."
7. My Lady Sleeps by Kate Stearns Page (1899)
"It hath summer skies and sheenier streams, And gardens than Earth's more fair.
And oft as my heart feels weary and sad, For a rest I wander away To the ..."
8. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"By Burton ; " This Realm, half-shadowed, China's afar reflecting, whither ships
are bound, is the Japan, whose virgin silver mine shall shine still sheenier ..."
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