sun-shiningn.
/ˈsʌnʃʌɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsənˌʃaɪnɪŋ/ Now rare.† 2. to set a-sunshining: to expose to view, display. Obsolete. rare.
1. The shining of the sun; direct sunlight; = sunshine n. 2a. Later also: a burst or spell of sunshine; = sunshine n. 2b. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine
sunOE
sun gleamc1225
sunlightc1275
sunshinea1325
sun-shiningc1400
sunningc1595
shine1622
sun gold1868
ray1957
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 5666 Whan Marche blaweþ, Þe addres vpward hem þraweþ, And tocleueþ wombelyng Aȝeynes þe sonne shynyng, And conceyueþ of þe sonne.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxviiiv All the Constables promises were but fayre sunne shynyng, swetely spoken, and sowerly performed.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cxcvi. 158 By setting Butter..in a platter, open to the Sunne in faire weather..untill it bee sufficiently clarified..which wil be in twelve or fourteene daies, if there be faire Sunne shining.
1600 J. Dowland 2nd Bk. Songs xvi. sig. I.iiv Thou maist liue by hir Sunne-shining, I shall suffer no more pining, By thy losse, then by hir parting.
1666 J. Wallis Let. 11 Aug. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 208 Ye Sun-shining did make ye Quick-silver to rise.
1704 J. Cuningham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 24 1656 In the morning some Sun-shining dissolving the Snow; all day grey cloudy weather, and temperate with small Gales.
1840 Florist's Jrnl. Dec. 229 Embrace every opportunity of sun-shining, to give air.
1876 J. Gadsby Slavery, Captivity, Adoption, Redempt. (ed. 2) ii. 7 My native town is not proverbial for sun-shinings, especially on a November day.
1992 N. Warren Lodestar & Other Night Lights 21 An early sunshining: Bringing ebony hands To ivory rows of cotton.
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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > expose to public view [verb (transitive)]
to put forth?c1225
to hit out1579
to set a-sunshining1601
to put forward1611
to hold out1613
expose1623
theatrizea1679
produce1686
parade1765
to bring forward1783
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 39 God hath not giuen such gifts vnto men, to the end they should make sale-ware of them, and set them a sun-shining to beholde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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