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sheene - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sheene'

English

(rfc)

Adjective

(head)
  • (obsolete) shiny
  • * {{quote-book|year=1591|author=Edmund Spenser|title=The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=Then when he was all dight he tooke his way Into the forest, that he might be seene / Of the wilde beasts in his new glory sheene . }}
  • * {{quote-book|year=1887|author=Various|title=Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age|chapter=|edition= citation
  • |passage=If Saphyres, loe! her eies be Saphyres plaine; If Rubies, loe! hir lips be Rubies sound; If Pearles, hir teeth be pearles, both pure and round; If Yvorie, her forehead yvory weene; If Gold, her locks are finest gold on ground; If Silver, her faire hands are silver sheene : But that which fairest is but few behold, Her mind, adornd with vertues manifold." }} ----