shiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: shīn'ə
ipa: /ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: shiners
Etymology: From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).
Senses: glosses: One who shines; a luminary.
glosses: One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
glosses: A black eye.
glosses: Raccoon eyes.
examples: text: Has she the shiners, d'ye think?
ref: 1776, Samuel Foote, The Capuchin:
text: 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.
ref: 1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 30:
glosses: A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
glosses: Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
glosses: Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
glosses: A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma.
glosses: A moonshiner.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage:
synonyms: convex
glosses: A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2008, James Laube, “Shiners Are a Secret Part of the Wine Business”, in Wine Spectator:
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: A bottle of finished wine, without a label.
glosses: 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: taxonomic: Cyprinella formosa
word: beautiful shiner
taxonomic: Notropis boops
word: bigeye shiner
taxonomic: Notropis dorsalis
word: bigmouth shiner
taxonomic: Notropis heterodon
word: blackchin shiner
taxonomic: Notropis heterolepis
word: blacknose shiner
taxonomic: Cyprinella venusta
word: blacktail shiner
alt: Lythrurus ardens
word: blueside shiner
taxonomic: Notropis bifrenatus
word: bridle shiner
taxonomic: Notropis percobromus
word: carmine shiner
taxonomic: Notropis amoenus
word: comely shiner
taxonomic: Luxilus cornutus
word: common shiner
taxonomic: Notropis spp.
alt: esp. Notropis dorsalis
word: eastern shiner
taxonomic: Notropis atherinoides
word: emerald shiner
alt: Lythrurus spp.
word: finescale shiner
alt: Pteronotropis spp.
word: flagfin shiner
taxonomic: Notemigonus crysoleucas
word: golden shiner
taxonomic: Luxilus spp.
word: highscale shiner
taxonomic: Notropis ortenburgeri
word: Kiamichi shiner
taxonomic: Notropis albizonatus
word: palezone shiner
taxonomic: Notropis orca
word: phantom shiner
taxonomic: Notropis chiliticus
word: redlip shiner
taxonomic: Cyprinella lutrensis
word: red shiner
taxonomic: Richardsonius spp.
word: redside shiner
taxonomic: Richardsonius egregius
word: red-striped shiner
alt: Lythrurus ardens
word: rosefin shiner
taxonomic: Notropis stramineus
word: sand shiner
taxonomic: Cyprinella spp.
word: satinfin shiner
alt: Lythrurus fasciolaris
word: scarlet shiner
taxonomic: Notropis oxyrhynchus
word: sharpnose shiner
taxonomic: Cymatogaster aggregata
word: shiner perch
taxonomic: Notropis shumardi
word: silverband shiner
word: spottail shiner
taxonomic: Notropis procne
word: swallowtail shiner
taxonomic: Notropis leuciodus
word: Tennessee shiner