Shine

SHINE, v.1 and sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Eng. and Irel. [ʃain, Midl. ʃoin.] I. v. Gram. forms. 1. Preterite: (1) Shane, (2) Shinde, (3) Shined, (4) Shoun. (1) Yks. A cleaner hearthstun never shane, Cudworth Dial. Sketches (1884) 105. w.Yks.3 (2) w.Yks.1 (3) Slg. The Abbey-Kirk far-fam'd in story, Wha shin'd lang e'er the Brucian glory, Galloway Poems (1804) 61. Ir. The loveliest an' sweetest craythur the sun ever shined on, Lover Handy Andy (1842) i. Nhb. Newc. Leader (Feb. 13, 1896) 6, col. 6. Lan. T'Park Mistress e'en shin'd o' wi' leet, Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 60. Shr.1 The spar shined like diamants. (4) Ken.1 And glory shoun araöund. 2. Pp.: (1) Sheyne, (2) Shined, (3) Shoun. (1) Cum. The sun hes sheyne on me, Rayson Sng. Sol. (1859) i. 6. (2) n.Wil. Th' zun ha' shined upon m', Kite Sng. Sol. (1860). (3) Sus. De sun has shoun upan me, Lower S. Downs II. Dial. uses. 1. v. To show a light; to direct a light in a required direction. Nhb. I heard Wilson shouting ‘Shine a light.’ I shined for him to his ‘kist,’ Newc. Leader (Feb. 13, 1896) 6, col. 6; Nhb.1 Shine a low here, will ye? Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888). 2. To fling; to throw violently. Dmf. Wallace Schoolmaster (1899) 352. 3. sb. A display, show; a treat. w.Sc. The term is gen. applied to a social gathering, esp. when of a convivial kind, as a wedding, an assembly, or a merrymaking, which is called a grand or great shine (Jam.). Edb. Wi' pennies a piece we wad ha'en sic a shine, Forbes Poems (1812) 132. Hence (1) Cookie-shine, (2) Tea-shine, sb. a tea-party, a tea-meeting; (3) to get up a shine, phr., to originate, plan, or provide for an assembly, merrymaking, &c. (1) w.Sc. (Jam.) Dmf. A tea soiree, profanely named the ‘Cookie-Shine,’ Paton Castlebraes (1898) 208. (2) w.Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. I couldna get a sixpence-worth... o' London buns, for an extempore tea-shine, without the sixpence, Roy Generalship (ed. 1895) 15. Dmf. Frequent little treats and picnics and tea-shines betwixt the families, Paton Castlebraes (1898) 249. (3) w.Sc. (Jam.) 4. The best of anything; the prize. Cum. De Blenkinsop i' field or ring Is ane to take the shine, Burn Border Ballads (1874) 19, ed. 1877. w.Yks. But shine a all't consarn wor at Coat-hause, Tom Treddlehoyle Doins e Bairnsla (1838) 14; (J.W.) 5. The pupil of the eye. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4, e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (S.O.A.) 6. A coin. Wor. (W.C.B.) 7. Phr. every shine of them, every one of them. Nhp.1, w.Cy. (Hall.) Som. Jennings Obs. Dial. w.Eng. (1825).

SHINE, v.2 War.2 [ʃain.] To steal apples. Cf. shinering.

‡SHINE, adv. Som. [Not known to our correspondents.] Entirely, utterly. (Hall.)