Sunset shell (Zoöl.), a West Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata)
having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors
resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also
rising sun.
Sun"shade` (?), n. Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays.
Specifically: (a) A small parasol. (b) An awning.
Sun"shine` (?), n. 1. The light of the sun, or the place where it
shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the
warmth and light which they give.
But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the
equator.
Milton.
2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the
rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.
That man that sits within a monarch's heart, And ripens in the
sunshine of his favor.
Shak.
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Sun"shine` (?), a. Sunshiny; bright. Shak. "Sunshine hours." Keble.
Sun"shin`y (?), a. 1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or
pleasant; as, a sunshiny day.