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A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument.

give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the f…

That which shines. Specifically:

See Shyness.

The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, etc.

The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.

The light of the stars. [R.] The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson.

The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.

Having twisted nostrils; -- said of the lemurs. -- n. (Zoöl.)

are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, trimethyl sulphine, (CH3)3S.OH. Cf. Sulphonium.

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.

The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.

Like a sylph.

The quality or state of being techy.

Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

See Techiness.

The quality or state of being thankworthy.

A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.

A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.