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Definition of Shinir

Shin"er (?), n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]

Has she the shiners, d' ye think?
Foote.

(c) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zoöl.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.

Blunt-nosed shiner(Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.

Shin"er (?), n. That which shines. Specifically: (a) A luminary. (b) A bright piece of money. [Slang]

Has she the shiners, d' ye think?
Foote.

(c) (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. (d) (Zoöl.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.

Blunt-nosed shiner(Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • (colloquial) a black eye
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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