sheens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sheen
• neshes
Source: Wiktionary
Sheen, a. Etym: [OE. sehene, AS. sciéne, sc, sc, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk, sk, OS. sc, D. schoon, G. schön, OHG. sc, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See Shew, v. t.]
Definition: Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., except in poetry.] This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. Chaucer. Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. Fairfax.
Sheen, v. i.
Definition: To shine; to glisten. [Poetic] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron.
Sheen, n.
Definition: Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
