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dewshine en · NOUN

Etymology

From dew + shine.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The shining of the dew.
    • At dewshine of morning, At hush of evenfall, The hills of Connemara — They hold my soul in thrall. 1941, {unattributed}, Catholic World - Volume 152 - Page 35
    • It was so golden-sweet here amongst the million tiny saffron cups frosted with lingering dewshine […] 1911, John Galsworthy, The Patrician:
  2. (uncountable) An often lethal drink, a mixture of Mountain Dew and racing fuel that is almost 100% methanol.
    • 2016, Nicole Young, Robertson County Time, 4 'dewshine'-drinking cases are state's first A mixture of Mountain Dew and racing fuel, called "dewshine," could be to blame for the deaths of two Greenbrier teenagers, whose cases are among the first reported in Tennessee, according to health officials.