n. A stable; a shippen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The shepne brenning with the blacke smoke. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. sehene, AS. sciéne, sc&unr_;ne, sc&unr_;ne, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk&unr_;ne, sk&unr_;ne, OS. sc&unr_;ni, D. schoon, G. schön, OHG. sc&unr_;ni, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See Shew, v. t. ] Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [ R., except in poetry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Up rose each warrier bold and brave,
Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To shine; to glisten. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This town,
That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brightness; splendor; glitter. “Throned in celestial sheen.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Brightly. [ R. ] Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. “A sheeny summer morn.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]