# shiner
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine +‎ -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: shīn'ə(r), IPA: /ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

### Noun

shiner (plural shiners)
* One who shines; a luminary.
* One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
* (colloquial) A black eye.
* (colloquial) Raccoon eyes.
* (slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
** 1776, Samuel Foote, The Capuchin:Has she the shiners, d'ye think?
** 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 30:She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent.
* Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
* Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
* A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma.
* (slang) A moonshiner.
* A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
    Synonym: convex
** 2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage:Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass.
* (wine) A bottle of finished wine, without a label.
** 2008, James Laube, “Shiners Are a Secret Part of the Wine Business”, in Wine Spectator‎:Shiners are a big part of the wine business. […] Shiners are finished, bottled wines that don’t have a label or typically any other identifying feature until a vintner purchases them and then places a label on the bottles. […] They’re called shiners because they are unlabeled and have a “shiny” appearance.
* A brick that is laid on its tallest, thinnest side, with its largest face facing the outside of the wall (oriented so that this face is wider than it is tall).

#### Derived terms

* beautiful shiner (Cyprinella formosa)
* bigeye shiner (Notropis boops)
* bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis)
* blackchin shiner (Notropis heterodon)
* blacknose shiner (Notropis heterolepis)
* blacktail shiner (Cyprinella venusta)
* blueside shiner (Lythrurus ardens)
* bridle shiner (Notropis bifrenatus)
* carmine shiner (Notropis percobromus)
* comely shiner (Notropis amoenus)
* common shiner (Luxilus cornutus)
* eastern shiners (Notropis spp., esp. Notropis dorsalis)
* emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides)
* finescale shiners (Lythrurus spp.)
* flagfin shiners (Pteronotropis spp.)
* golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas)
* highscale shiners (Luxilus spp.)
* Kiamichi shiner (Notropis ortenburgeri)
* palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus)
* phantom shiner (Notropis orca)
* redlip shiner (Notropis chiliticus)
* red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)
* redside shiners (Richardsonius spp.)
* red-striped shiner (Richardsonius egregius)
* rosefin shiner (Lythrurus ardens)
* sand shiner (Notropis stramineus)
* satinfin shiners (Cyprinella spp.)
* scarlet shiner (Lythrurus fasciolaris)
* sharpnose shiner (Notropis oxyrhynchus)
* shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)
* silverband shiner (Notropis shumardi)
* spottail shiner
* swallowtail shiner (Notropis procne)
* Tennessee shiner (Notropis leuciodus)

#### Translations
### References

* “*shiner”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* shiner on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* shiner Teleostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:shiner Teleostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Anagrams

* Hiners, Hirens, renshi, rhines, shrine