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Bright; shining in beauty. [Obs.] Most debonair and luculent lady. B. Jonson.

Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence.

Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. Longfellow.

Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv.

herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having shining entire leaves and racemes of small fragrant white flowers.

l evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

l evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples. [Written also madroño.]

A Japanese evergreen rose (Rosa wichuraiana) with creeping branches, shining leaves, and single white flowers. It is often planted in cemeteries.

The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.

Without spot; pure; shining. [Obs.] Her breast all naked as net ivory. Spenser.

Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.

Bright; lustrous; shining. [R.] Boyle.

Shining; elegant; spruce. [Obs.] "O sweet, nitty youth." Marston.

Shining in the night.

A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are supposed to result from cosmic collisions, as of a dark star with interstellar nebulosities. The most important modern novæ are: -- No"va Co*ro"næ Bo`re*a"lis [1866]; No"va Cyg"ni [1876]; No"va An*d…

A single person or thing. "The shining ones." Bunyan. "Hence, with your little ones." Shak. He will hate the one, and love the other. Matt. vi. 24. That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. Mark x. 37. After one, after one fashion; alike. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- At one, in agreem…

commencement; source. It hath it original from much grief. Shak. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Addison.

To shine forth. "Bright, outshining beams." Shak.

To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak.

g together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another. Glossy jet is paired with shining white. Pope.