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SHINE, v.¹, n. Also †shyne. Pa.t. strong †shane (Edb. 1791 J. Learmont Poems 11; Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 168); weak shined (Slg. 1804 G. Galloway Luncarty 6; Ags. 1826 A. Balfour Highland Mary III. 82; m.Sc. 1838 A. Rodger Poems 48). Sc. usages:

I. v. In comb. shinin-gless, a piece of mirror used as a reflecting toy by children (wm.Sc. 1910; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).

II. n. A social gathering, a mild jollification, a party (Abd., Ags., Per., Bwk., Lnk. 1970), freq. in combs. cookie-shine, a "bun-fight," tea-shine, a tea-party; a stir, bustle, turmoil, a row (I., n.Sc., Ags. 1970). Phr. to haud or kick up a shine, to create a fuss or disturbance (Sh., Cai. 1970).Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy G. Chalmers 81:
That being' done, the shine was owre.Sc. 1838 J. W. Carlyle Letters (Froude 1883) I. 98:
Two tea-shines went off with éclat.wm.Sc. 1854 Laird of Logan 382:
Siccan shines were there — Siccan noisy peltin'.Fif. 1869 D. Fleming Clashin' Wives 13:
Patie an' me's haen "a shine"; Oh, dear me! what will I dae?Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 234, 268:
Her shines I tell her are a pest. . . . Fine cosies an' braws, and gran' cookie shines.wm.Sc. 1880 Jam.:
The term is generally applied to a social gathering, especially when of a convivial kind, as a wedding, an assembly, or a merry-making, which is called a grand or great shine. To get up a shine, to originate, plan, or provide for, an assembly, a merry-making.Dmf. 1898 J. Paton Castlebraes 208, 249:
A tea-soiree, profanely named the 'Cookie-Shine' . . . . Frequent little treats and picnics and tea-shines.Sc. 1936 Scotsman (5 Nov.) 8:
It was with the utmost difficulty that many of them managed to afford the dress clothes to go to a "shine" at the house of some professor.