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1,235 words match “SHIN”

SHINTY n.
A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. Jamieson.
SHINY a. 2 definitions
Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden.
ARSHINE n.
A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
ASHINE a.
Shining; radiant.
ASTONISHING a.
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
BESHINE v.
To shine upon; to ullumine.
BLUSHING a. 2 definitions
olor like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.
BLUSHINGLY adv.
In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.
BRATTISHING n. 2 definitions
See Brattice, n.
BRUSHINESS n.
The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. Dr. H. More.
BRUSHING a. 2 definitions
Constructed or used to brush with; as a brushing machine.
BUSHINESS n.
The condition or quality of being bushy.
BUSHING n. 2 definitions
The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.
CLASHINGLY adv.
With clashing.
CLEAR-SHINING a.
Shining brightly. Shak.
CRASHING n.
The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.
CRUSHING a.
That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.
DASHING a.
Bold; spirited; showy. The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.
DASHINGLY adv.
Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.] A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.
DEPOLISHING n.
The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.
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