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ABB GRAIN Limited (finance) and shine(2) (iou)


ABB GRAIN Limited (finance)


ABB GRAIN Limited is a large Australian company in the field of Food and staples retailing. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is ABB.





shine(2) (iou)



shine noun. LME.
[from SHINE verb. In branch II perh. also rel. to SHINDY.]
I.
Brightness or radiance emanating from a light or a source of illumination. LME.
T. Hardy The shine from her window..had lighted the pole.
b. A beam or ray of light; a halo. L16-M17.
fig.
a. Glory, splendour. M16.
Browning To bask..in shine which kings and queens..shed.
b. A splendid display, an impressive show. E19.
Carlyle To celebrate the nuptials with due shine and demonstration.
(A) lustre or sheen of light reflected from metal, water, a polished surface, etc.; a shiny patch on the surface of a painting etc. L16.
S. Radley Her hair had lost its shine. T. Berger He had himself put that shine on the parquet with real wax.
b. The pupil of the eye. dial. E18.
c. The action or an act of polishing esp. shoes. Chiefly US. L19.
a. Sunshine, fine weather (freq. in rain or shine, come rain or shine s.v. RAIN noun1). Also, moonlight. E17.
b. = MOONSHINE noun 3. colloq. M20.
A black person. US slang. derog. & racially offensive. E20.
II.
A party, a social or festive gathering. Scot. & dial. E19.
J. Carlyle Two tea-shines went off with eclat.
In pl. Tricks, capers. US colloq. E19.
= SHINDY 2. colloq. M19.
R. Adams The moment he smelt..an intruder he would start barking and kicking up a shine.
Phrases: come rain or shine: see RAIN noun1. cut a shine, cut up shines: see CUT verb. rain or shine: see RAIN noun1. shine and shade light and dark; sunshine and shadow. take a shine to colloq. (orig. US) take a fancy to; develop a liking for. take the shine out of (a) spoil the brilliance or newness of; (b) outshine, throw into the shade by surpassing.
shineless adjective without brightness, dull L19.