Sheen

n. [A-S. scine, scin, sciene, scène, scéone, bright, splendid, beautiful, O. Fries. skēne, skone, O. Sax. sconi, Sw. skön, Dan. skjön, O. H. Ger. scóni, N. H. Ger. schön, D. schoon, Goth. skauns. See SHINE.] Bright; glittering; showy. [Rare, except in poetry.]

Up rose each warrior bold and brave, Glittering in filed steel and armor sheen. Fairfax.

v. i. To shine; to glisten. [Poet. and rare.] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron.

n. [See SHINE, and cf. supra.] Brightness; splendor. “Throned in celestial sheen.” Milton.