through-shine

English

Etymology

From through- +‎ shine.

Adjective

through-shine (not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Translucent.

Verb

through-shine (third-person singular simple present through-shines, present participle through-shining, simple past and past participle through-shone)

1. (obsolete) To shine through.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.155:

     That mind which harboureth Philosophie, ought by reason of her sound health, make that bodie also sound and healthie: it ought to make her contenment to throughshine in all exteriour parts […].

Anagrams

• shine through