sheen

/ʃiːn/ noun C2

Splendor; radiance; shininess. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)
A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface. (countable, uncountable) · oil sheen

Plural sheens

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Allan at the manse, knelt sweetly by her open window in a great sheen of moonshine and murmured a prayer of gratitude and aspiration that came straight from her heart.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 274 · C1

The relentless march of progress has likely swept away those idiosyncratic vestiges of my past, replacing them with a polished, international sheen.

The Malleability of Home, p. 1 · C2

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sheen The letter ش in the Arabic script. C2

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