shinern.

Brit.

/ˈʃʌɪnə/, U.S.

/ˈʃaɪnər/

Etymology: < shine v. + -er suffix¹.

a. An object that shines.

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the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous > something luminous

shiner1398

lustre1743

nebulosity1762

luminosity1853

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvi. 322 The sonne is..shyner of heuen [L. fulgor olympi].

1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 29 Till I finde a sunne Shall stay, till we have done; A willing shiner.

1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 65 O blessed shiner! tell me whither Thou wilt be gone, when night comes hither?

1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 140 Where will you glow-worms of carnal diversions,..you shiners in the dark, be?

1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane i. 326 I cannot shine—but I can see a star—Are there not worshippers as well as shiners?

1859 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout 403 A small twinkling shiner..in the wide canopy of heaven.

b. plural. Some Russian instrument of torture.The word in the quotation is perhaps a misprint for shiver (pulley).

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society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun]

griper1598

torturea1616

shiners1630

wooden horse1731

iron mask1752

1630 Pathomachia iii. iv. 29 Vnlesse thou confesse, the Russian Shiners, the Scottish Bootes,..and Peare of Confession shall torment thee.

c. plural. Coin, money, esp. sovereigns or guineas; occasionally singular, a silver or gold coin. slang.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun]

mintOE

moneya1325

coin1393

ready money1429

plate?a1439

coinage1467

cunyec1480

cogc1555

table money1565

chinks1577

cash1596

speciesa1618

spetia1620

specie1671

coliander seed1699

coriander-seed1737

shiners1760

jinkc1775

decimal coinage1794

coriander1801

hard currency1816

rowdy1831

Oscar Asche1905

1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 53 To let a lord of lands want shiners; 'tis a shame.

1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. iii. 63 So I shows him a shiner.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xix. 319 Is it worth fifty shiners extra, if it's safely done from the outside?

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. ix. 120 I will bring you a mule-load of Mexican shiners.

1887 H. H. Hayter My Christmas Adventure 9 Within my purse and pocket scarce a shiner.

d. A mirror; spec. one used by cheaters at cards. slang.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun]

sunshineeOE

showerOE

glass13..

mirrorc1330

spectaclec1430

mirror glass1440

beryl-glass1540

reflecting glass?a1560

reflective1720

show-glass1810

shiner1819

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 205 Shiner, a looking-glass.

1819 Sporting Mag. New Ser. 4 230 He then asked me if I had bought shiners? which means glasses.

1909 Tit-Bits 14 Aug. 515/2 The ‘shiner’ is carried separately in the pocket until needed, while the gambler smokes the pipe.

e. colloquial. A silk hat.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > cylindrical > top hat > silk

silk hat1546

plug1848

chimney-pot hat1851

plug hat1860

box hat1864

shiner1867

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 154 A tall black hat, or one of the genus termed ‘shiner’.

f. A diamond or other jewel. Usually plural. slang.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun]

gemc825

stonec825

gemstonec1000

perrya1300

precious stonec1300

jewela1400

regalc1426

precious pierc1450

margaritea1500

lapidary1509

hardstone1853

shiner1884

1884 Queenstown Free Press (S. Afr.) 15 Jan. When they dug it up they at once came to the conclusion it was a real shiner.

1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May 287 Sparklers, sparks, shiners.., etc.—diamonds.

1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors 274 I never had those shiners.

1959 Listener 23 Apr. 706/2 ‘Shiners’ and ‘ice’ to the light-fingered boys, the diamond is known to the gemmologist as the hardest..of all minerals.

g. A black eye. slang.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise > black eye

blue eyea1545

black eye1622

bullacea1658

mouse1842

shiner1904

1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 253/1 Shiner, a discolored eye.

1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 141 He would have the heck of a time explaining his shiner to the old lady.

1934 A. Merritt Burn Witch Burn! vii. 89 All I can do is..be dignified an' maybe hand out a shiner or two if they get too rough.

1943 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship xviii. 114 That's a rare shiner you've got there, Grant.

1958 C. Williams Man in Motion (1959) iii. 29 At first I thought it was because of the shiner and the bruises on my face, but then I began to wonder.

1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway i. 5 Out shot a telescopic left, and I had the shiner of all time for weeks.

1977 Daily Mirror 16 Mar. 3/5 Annie Walker, Coronation Street's snooty landlady, is about to show up in the snug..sporting a real shiner. But her black eye is not the result of a well-rehearsed punch-up in the taproom.

h. Paper-making. A glistening particle of a mineral impurity on the surface of finished paper.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > blemishes or impurities

sheave1880

shiner1922

shive1922

1922 Manufacture of Pulp & Paper III. viii. 3 In colored papers, shiners will not take the dye.

1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking vii. 197 When super~calendering papers with a high percentage of straw in the furnish, there is a tendency towards shiners and windows.

2. One who shines:

a. One who excels or is eminent.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person

gemc1275

blooma1300

excellence1447

mirrorc1450

man of mena1470

treasure?1545

paragon1548

shining light1563

Apollo's swan?1592

man of wax1597

rara avis1607

Titan1611

choice spirita1616

excellency1725

inestimable1728

inimitable1751

cock of the walk1781

surpasser1805

shiner1810

swell1816

trump1819

tip-topper1822

star1829

beauty1832

soarer1895

trumph1895

pansy1899

Renaissance man1906

exemplum virtutis1914

museum piece1920

superman1925

flyer1930

pistol1935

all-star1949

1810 Splendia Follies III. 106 He was never formed for a shiner through life.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Shiner, a clever fellow. North.

b. plural. A nickname for the Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly the 5th Foot.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British

Ulsters1649

Scots Guardsa1675

fusilier1680

guards1682

Scots Dragoons1689

Scots Fusiliers1689

Inniskilling1715

Scots Greys1728

blue1737

Black Watch1739

Oxford blues1766

green linnets1793

Grenadiers1800

slashers1802

the Buffs1806

tartan1817

Gay Gordons1823

cheesemongers1824

Green Jacket1824

The Bays1837

RHA1837

dirty half-hundred1841

die-hard1844

lifeguard1849

cherry-picker1865

lancer-regiment1868

cheeses1877

Territorial Regiment1877

the Sweeps1879

dirty shirts1887

Scottish Rifles1888

shiner1891

Yorkshire1898

imperials1899

Irish guards1902

Hampshires1904

BEF1914

Old Contemptibles1915

contemptibles1917

Tank Corps1917

the Tins1918

skins1928

pioneer corps1939

red devils1943

Blues and Royals1968

U.D.R.1969

1891 Dict. National Biogr. XXV. 3/1 The 5th was..popularly known as the ‘Shiners’, from its smart appearance and attention to parade details.

c. A bootblack.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > one who

black-shoe boy1725

Japanner1725

shoe-cleaner1725

shoe-blacker1735

shoe-boy1735

shoeblack1772

boot-black1817

boot-boy1860

shoe-shiner1910

shiner1912

1912 19th Cent. Nov. 1018 An occasional white face may be seen even among the noisy shiner boys, and the little white shiner works continuously.

d. A window-cleaner. slang.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > windows > one who

window cleaner1781

window washer1834

shiner1958

1958 Listener 20 Nov. 818/2 His fellow shiners disregarded the L.C.C. by-law, because very few windows are equipped with metal hooks for holding on a safety belt.

1967 Sunday Times 8 Jan. 3/7 Len is widely regarded as London's top ‘shiner’ (window cleaner).

1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 1/1 There we were, shiners and cleaning ladies, surrounding Fred and Dora on the float by the London Wall.

a. Applied to various small silvery fishes; the young of the mackerel; U.S. any of various small freshwater fishes, chiefly cyprinoids as the dace. golden shiner, a fish of the genus Nometigonus.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > unspecified and miscellaneous type

roach1637

roughhead1818

beardy1825

shiner1836

squawfish1871

mountain-barbel1880

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Scomber > member of (mackerel) > at certain stage in life

shiner1836

tinker1848

tinker mackerel1851

blink1884

spike1884

1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 124 The young Mackerel, which are called Shiners, are from four to six inches long by the end of August.

1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 122 Cyprinus (Leuciscus) chrysoleucas... New York Shiner.

1839 Kirtland in Bost. Jrnl. Nat. Hist. III. 339 Luxilus elongatus... The Red-bellied Shiner.

1839 Kirtland in Bost. Jrnl. Nat. Hist. III. 341 L. dissimilis... The Spotted Shiner.

1844 O. W. Holmes Lines Berkshire Jubilee 46 Oh, what are the prizes we perish to win To the first little ‘shiner’ we caught with a pin.

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 99 The ‘Sailor's Choice’..bears several other names..as the ‘Porgy’ and ‘Shiner’.

1893 Outing 22 89/2 A golden shiner about five inches in length.

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b. = silver-fish n. 2 (In modern dictionaries.)

4. A stone built into a mortarless wall with its thickest side outward. South African.

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1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming S. Afr. 39 The great thing to look out for is that the men do not put in shiners—that is, stones showing their longest face to the front.

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单词	shiner
释义	shinern. Brit. /ˈʃʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˈʃaɪnər/ Etymology: < shine v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. An object that shines. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous > something luminous shiner1398 lustre1743 nebulosity1762 luminosity1853 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. xvi. 322 The sonne is..shyner of heuen [L. fulgor olympi]. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 29 Till I finde a sunne Shall stay, till we have done; A willing shiner. 1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 65 O blessed shiner! tell me whither Thou wilt be gone, when night comes hither? 1765 J. Brown Christian Jrnl. 140 Where will you glow-worms of carnal diversions,..you shiners in the dark, be? 1844 N. P. Willis Lady Jane i. 326 I cannot shine—but I can see a star—Are there not worshippers as well as shiners? 1859 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout 403 A small twinkling shiner..in the wide canopy of heaven. b. plural. Some Russian instrument of torture.The word in the quotation is perhaps a misprint for shiver (pulley). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] griper1598 torturea1616 shiners1630 wooden horse1731 iron mask1752 1630 Pathomachia iii. iv. 29 Vnlesse thou confesse, the Russian Shiners, the Scottish Bootes,..and Peare of Confession shall torment thee. c. plural. Coin, money, esp. sovereigns or guineas; occasionally singular, a silver or gold coin. slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] mintOE moneya1325 coin1393 ready money1429 plate?a1439 coinage1467 cunyec1480 cogc1555 table money1565 chinks1577 cash1596 speciesa1618 spetia1620 specie1671 coliander seed1699 coriander-seed1737 shiners1760 jinkc1775 decimal coinage1794 coriander1801 hard currency1816 rowdy1831 Oscar Asche1905 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 53 To let a lord of lands want shiners; 'tis a shame. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. iii. 63 So I shows him a shiner. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xix. 319 Is it worth fifty shiners extra, if it's safely done from the outside? 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. ix. 120 I will bring you a mule-load of Mexican shiners. 1887 H. H. Hayter My Christmas Adventure 9 Within my purse and pocket scarce a shiner. d. A mirror; spec. one used by cheaters at cards. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] sunshineeOE showerOE glass13.. mirrorc1330 spectaclec1430 mirror glass1440 beryl-glass1540 reflecting glass?a1560 reflective1720 show-glass1810 shiner1819 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 205 Shiner, a looking-glass. 1819 Sporting Mag. New Ser. 4 230 He then asked me if I had bought shiners? which means glasses. 1909 Tit-Bits 14 Aug. 515/2 The ‘shiner’ is carried separately in the pocket until needed, while the gambler smokes the pipe. e. colloquial. A silk hat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > cylindrical > top hat > silk silk hat1546 plug1848 chimney-pot hat1851 plug hat1860 box hat1864 shiner1867 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 154 A tall black hat, or one of the genus termed ‘shiner’. f. A diamond or other jewel. Usually plural. slang. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > [noun] gemc825 stonec825 gemstonec1000 perrya1300 precious stonec1300 jewela1400 regalc1426 precious pierc1450 margaritea1500 lapidary1509 hardstone1853 shiner1884 1884 Queenstown Free Press (S. Afr.) 15 Jan. When they dug it up they at once came to the conclusion it was a real shiner. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May 287 Sparklers, sparks, shiners.., etc.—diamonds. 1934 D. L. Sayers Nine Tailors 274 I never had those shiners. 1959 Listener 23 Apr. 706/2 ‘Shiners’ and ‘ice’ to the light-fingered boys, the diamond is known to the gemmologist as the hardest..of all minerals. g. A black eye. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise > black eye blue eyea1545 black eye1622 bullacea1658 mouse1842 shiner1904 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 253/1 Shiner, a discolored eye. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan iii. 141 He would have the heck of a time explaining his shiner to the old lady. 1934 A. Merritt Burn Witch Burn! vii. 89 All I can do is..be dignified an' maybe hand out a shiner or two if they get too rough. 1943 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship xviii. 114 That's a rare shiner you've got there, Grant. 1958 C. Williams Man in Motion (1959) iii. 29 At first I thought it was because of the shiner and the bruises on my face, but then I began to wonder. 1967 G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway i. 5 Out shot a telescopic left, and I had the shiner of all time for weeks. 1977 Daily Mirror 16 Mar. 3/5 Annie Walker, Coronation Street's snooty landlady, is about to show up in the snug..sporting a real shiner. But her black eye is not the result of a well-rehearsed punch-up in the taproom. h. Paper-making. A glistening particle of a mineral impurity on the surface of finished paper. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [noun] > blemishes or impurities sheave1880 shiner1922 shive1922 1922 Manufacture of Pulp & Paper III. viii. 3 In colored papers, shiners will not take the dye. 1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking vii. 197 When super~calendering papers with a high percentage of straw in the furnish, there is a tendency towards shiners and windows. 2. One who shines: a. One who excels or is eminent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person gemc1275 blooma1300 excellence1447 mirrorc1450 man of mena1470 treasure?1545 paragon1548 shining light1563 Apollo's swan?1592 man of wax1597 rara avis1607 Titan1611 choice spirita1616 excellency1725 inestimable1728 inimitable1751 cock of the walk1781 surpasser1805 shiner1810 swell1816 trump1819 tip-topper1822 star1829 beauty1832 soarer1895 trumph1895 pansy1899 Renaissance man1906 exemplum virtutis1914 museum piece1920 superman1925 flyer1930 pistol1935 all-star1949 1810 Splendia Follies III. 106 He was never formed for a shiner through life. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Shiner, a clever fellow. North. b. plural. A nickname for the Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly the 5th Foot. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1891 Dict. National Biogr. XXV. 3/1 The 5th was..popularly known as the ‘Shiners’, from its smart appearance and attention to parade details. c. A bootblack. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning shoes > [noun] > one who black-shoe boy1725 Japanner1725 shoe-cleaner1725 shoe-blacker1735 shoe-boy1735 shoeblack1772 boot-black1817 boot-boy1860 shoe-shiner1910 shiner1912 1912 19th Cent. Nov. 1018 An occasional white face may be seen even among the noisy shiner boys, and the little white shiner works continuously. d. A window-cleaner. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing other specific things > [noun] > windows > one who window cleaner1781 window washer1834 shiner1958 1958 Listener 20 Nov. 818/2 His fellow shiners disregarded the L.C.C. by-law, because very few windows are equipped with metal hooks for holding on a safety belt. 1967 Sunday Times 8 Jan. 3/7 Len is widely regarded as London's top ‘shiner’ (window cleaner). 1977 Centuryan (Office Cleaning Services) Christmas 1/1 There we were, shiners and cleaning ladies, surrounding Fred and Dora on the float by the London Wall. 3. a. Applied to various small silvery fishes; the young of the mackerel; U.S. any of various small freshwater fishes, chiefly cyprinoids as the dace. golden shiner, a fish of the genus Nometigonus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > unspecified and miscellaneous type roach1637 roughhead1818 beardy1825 shiner1836 squawfish1871 mountain-barbel1880 the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Scombridae > genus Scomber > member of (mackerel) > at certain stage in life shiner1836 tinker1848 tinker mackerel1851 blink1884 spike1884 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 124 The young Mackerel, which are called Shiners, are from four to six inches long by the end of August. 1836 J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana III. 122 Cyprinus (Leuciscus) chrysoleucas... New York Shiner. 1839 Kirtland in Bost. Jrnl. Nat. Hist. III. 339 Luxilus elongatus... The Red-bellied Shiner. 1839 Kirtland in Bost. Jrnl. Nat. Hist. III. 341 L. dissimilis... The Spotted Shiner. 1844 O. W. Holmes Lines Berkshire Jubilee 46 Oh, what are the prizes we perish to win To the first little ‘shiner’ we caught with a pin. 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 99 The ‘Sailor's Choice’..bears several other names..as the ‘Porgy’ and ‘Shiner’. 1893 Outing 22 89/2 A golden shiner about five inches in length. Thesaurus » Categories » b. = silver-fish n. 2 (In modern dictionaries.) 4. A stone built into a mortarless wall with its thickest side outward. South African. ΚΠ 1881 A. Douglass Ostrich Farming S. Afr. 39 The great thing to look out for is that the men do not put in shiners—that is, stones showing their longest face to the front. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1398
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