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A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

One of the sect of Sunnites.

The quality or state of being sunny.

One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.

A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India]

Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. "Sunny beams." Spenser. "Sunny locks." Shak.

Impervious to the rays of the sun. "Darksome yew, sunproof." Marston.

The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." Keble.

The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. 'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell.

Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays. Specifically:

The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give. But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton.

Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.

Any large jellyfish.

Solstice. [Obs.] "The summer sunsted." Holland.

Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.

Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

Sunrise. [Local, U.S.] Such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground atwixt sunup and sundown. Cooper.

Toward the sun.

In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.

The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.