Shine, vb. (imperf. and part. shone) 1) to give light by emitting rays; used of celestial bodies: Ven. 193. Ven. 193 Ven. 193 Lucr. 786. Pilgr. 208. Err. II, 2, 30. LLL I, 1, 90. IV, 3, 30. IV, 3, 30 Mids. I, 2, 38. III, 1, 52. III, 1, 52 III, 1, 52 III, 2, 380. III, 2, 380 V, 272. V, 272 Merch. V, 92. Tw. IV, 3, 34. Wint. IV, 3, 16. H6A III, 2, 31. H6B IV, 1, 98. H6C II, 1, 28. H6C II, 1, 28 R3 II, 2, 102. V, 3, 278. V, 3, 278 H8 V, 5, 51. Tit. II, 3, 96. Tit. II, 3, 96 Caes. III, 1, 64. Lr. II, 2, 34. Cymb. III, 4, 139. IV, 4, 34. V, 5, 476. “to s. on sth.:” Sonn. 33, 9. Pilgr. 38. Gent. III, 1, 156. Wiv. I, 3, 70. LLL IV, 3, 69. V, 2, 205. Wint. IV, 4, 455. V, 1, 95. R2 I, 3, 145. H6A I, 2, 3. Tim. IV, 3, 184. “my stars s. darkly over me,” Tw. II, 1, 3. “to s. bright:” Merch. V, 1. Shr. IV, 5, 2. Shr. IV, 5, 2 Shr. IV, 5, 2 Wint. V, 1, 95. H5 V, 2, 172. “to s. brightly:” Tit. IV, 2, 90. “to s. fair:” H4A III, 1, 142. “to s. hot:” Sonn. 18, 5. H6C IV, 8, 60. “to s. warm:” Ven. 193. “to s. out,” R3 I, 2, 263 (cf. Out and Outshining).
Metaphorical use: “thou --st in every tear,” LLL IV, 3, 33. “when his love he doth espy, let her s. as gloriously as the Venus of the sky,” Mids. III, 2, 106. “so --s a good deed in a naughty world,” Merch. V, 91. “foolery --s everywhere,” Tw. III, 1, 44. Merch. V, 94. R2 IV, 287. H4A III, 2, 80. H6A I, 2, 75. H6C II, 6, 10. H8 I, 1, 20 “(the French shone down the English).” I, 4, 60. Troil. III, 3, 100. Tim. III, 4, 10. Ant. I, 5, 55. II, 3, 28. Cymb. I, 2, 34.
2) to be bright, to glitter: “his eyes like glow-worms s. when he doth fret,” Ven. 621. “--ing arms,” Lucr. 197. “the --ing glory of Ilion,” Lucr. 197 “with --ing falchion,” Lucr. 197 “when to unseeing eyes thy shade --s so,” Sonn. 43, 8. 55, 3. 65, 14. Pilgr. 170. Phoen. 33. LLL IV, 3, 246. As II, 7, 146. H4A I, 3, 54. H6A II, 4, 23. H6B III, 1, 229. Tit. II, 1, 19. II, 3, 229. Rom. I, 2, 103. Ant. I, 3, 45. Cymb. V, 4, 89.
3) to be conspicuous: let it (desert) “s.” H4B IV, 3, 63. H4B IV, 3, 63 “let desert in pure election s.” Tit. I, 16. “signs of nobleness, like stars, shall s. on all deservers,” Mcb. I, 4, 41. “as upon thee their speeches s.” III, 1, 7. “a quality wherein, they say, you s.” Hml. IV, 7, 74.
4) to be visible: “the subtle --ing secrecies writ in the glassy margents of such books,” Lucr. 101. “shall will in others seem right gracious, and in my will no fair acceptance s.?” Sonn. 135, 8 (rhyming); cf. Phoen. 33. With through: “these follies are within you and s. through you like the water in an urinal,” Gent. II, 1, 40. “the lightness of his wife --s through it,” H4B I, 2, 53. “your spirits s. through you,” Mcb. III, 1, 128.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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