† brightshinen.
Obsolete.
Bright light given off by a radiant object. Chiefly in figurative contexts.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light
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1573 J. Walker in R. Norton tr. R. Gwalther Certaine Godlie Homelies Abdias & Ionas Ep. Ded. sig. A.vi As the olde Testament is the fountaine where out of the new doth issue..: so is the newe Testament the lighte and brighte shine of the olde.
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Epist. First Chapter Paul to Ephesians (1618) ii. 33 For as the darknesse of the night hindereth not the bright-shine of the starre, no more doth the darknesse of afflictions obscure the bright-shine of this Grace toward vs.
1696 J. Lead Fountain of Gardens sig. Q5 Ye are assured..to sit down under the bright-shine of this uneclisped [sic] Body of the new Creation-Light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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