{ } n. 1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunset shell (Zool.), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays. Specifically: (a) A small parasol. (b) An awning. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness. [ 1913 Webster ]

That man that sits within a monarch's heart,
And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sunshiny; bright. Shak. “Sunshine hours.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bright like the sun; resplendent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. “Her sunshiny face.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any large jellyfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sun + stead a place. ] Solstice. [ Obs. ] “The summer sunsted.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil. [ 1913 Webster ]