ˈout-ˌshining, vbl. n.2
[out- 9.]
The action of shining out; the emission of light or brightness.
| 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §36. 582 The Effulgency or Out-shining of Light and Splendour from the Sun. 1863 J. G. Murphy Comm. Gen. i. 14–19 Whatever remained of hinderance to the outshining of the sun, moon, and stars on the land. 1866 ― Comm. Exod. xxviii. 2 Glory is the out-shining of intrinsic excellence. |
So ˈout-ˌshining ppl. a.2, that shines out, effulgent.
| 1594 Shakes. Rich. III, i. iii. 268 My Sonne,..Whose bright out-shining beames, thy cloudy wrath Hath in eternall darknesse folded vp. 1647 H. More Song of Soul i. iii. xix, Surly Superstition, That clear out-shining Truth cannot abide. 1865 Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xl. 373 With a purpose in his face, the sailor came..and all through her, this outshining purpose of his quivered and thrilled. |