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ˈsunburst
[See burst n. 3.]
1. A burst of sunlight; a sudden shining of the sun from behind a cloud.
1816Scott Return to Ulster iii, And the standard of Fion flash'd fierce from on high, Like a burst of the sun when the tempest is nigh. [Note] In ancient Irish poetry, the standard of Fion, or Fingal, is called the Sun-burst. 1828Moore 'Tis gone, & for ever ii, When Truth,..like a Sun-burst, her banner unfurl'd. 1841Florist's Jrnl. (1846) II. 33 The offsets..are removed to a temporary stage, fixed to a wall with a north aspect, the better to shade them from sunbursts. 1888M. Gray Reproach Annesley iii. i, A Sun-burst fell upon the violet pall.
fig.1870Lowell Study Wind., Chaucer (1871) 177 The invocation of Venus,..by Lucretius, seems to me the one sunburst of purely poetic inspiration which the Latin language can show. 1886H. M. Posnett Compar. Lit. 185 That sunburst of creative power.
2. a. A firework, a piece of jewellery, etc., constructed so as to imitate the sun with its rays.
1902Greenough & Kittredge Words & Ways 260 It would be more logical to arrange the whole article in the form of a sunburst or a star-fish. 1903Smart Set IX. 110/1 A diaphanous white gown, caught at the throat by a diamond sunburst.
b. attrib. of things designed or arranged as conventional or stylized representations of the sun and its rays; esp. sunburst clock, a clock framed by radiating arms; sunburst pleat = sun-ray pleat s.v. sun-ray 2 b.
1908Sears, Roebuck Catal. 362/2 Salt and pepper shakers. In beautiful sunburst pattern. 1920Glasgow Herald 29 Apr. 6 Her bouquet was of ‘sunburst’ roses. 1927A. E. W. Mason No Other Tiger xxiii. 260 They sold the lot—the emerald ring, the diamond sunburst ear-rings and all. 1939M. B. Picken Lang. of Fashion 113/2 Sunburst p[laits], accordion-like plaits that are narrow at top and wider at the bottom, thus producing a flare. Fabric plaited on bias so that plaits radiate from a center. 1949M. Steen Twilight on Floods iii. iv. 426 The gilt sunburst clock over the fireplace. 1962M. Kelly Due to a Death ix. 152 There was a sunburst window over the hairdresser's door. 1969M. Tripp Malice & Maternal Instinct i. 6 A sunburst clock on one of the blue walls in the main room. 1980News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 28 Oct. 17/7 The sun set Sunday on the familiar sunburst insignia.
▸ A decorative finish on the body of a stringed instrument (esp. a guitar) which fades from dark-coloured edges to a pale centre; freq. attrib. Also: an instrument having such a finish.
1921Gibson Catal. 35/2 The mahogany and sunburst—the matchless, most refined and classic of finishes. 1947Fretted Instrument News July 2 (advt.) It is finished in highly polished, rich, dark lacquer, with sunburst shading on top. 1985Internat. Musician June 77/1 The finish on this bass is a see-through red sunburst with a central black stripe. 1991J. O'Connor Cowboys & Indians (1992) 34 It was beautiful, admittedly, a real '56 Fender strat with sunburst finish and Gretch pickups. 2005A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xxiii. 208 If he wants to know what a shaded-top dreadnought should look like, he picks up the '37 sunburst. |