a. Obs. [In OE. þurh*scíne, -scýne, f. scínan to SHINE.] Through which light shines; transparent, translucent.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 148/7. Specularis, þurhscyne stan.
a. 1631. Donne, To C’tess Bedford, 27. That wee May in your through-shine face our hart’s thoughts see.
So † Through-shine v. [f. SHINE v.: cf. OHG. durhskînan, Ger. durchscheinen], intr. to shine through; hence † Through-, thorough-shining ppl. a., shining through, translucent, transparent.
1526. Tindale, Rev. xxi. 21. The strete of the cite was pure golde, as thorowe shynynge glasse.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, I. xxxiv. 49. Rounde tender, thorough shining, and browne redde stalkes.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, I. xxv. (1632), 77. It ought to make her contentment to through-shine in all exteriour parts.
1634. Peacham, Gentl. Exerc., I. xxvii. 95. Then buy the Goldsmiths red Ammell, which in any case let be very transparent and through-shining.
