'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sunset shell (Zool.),
n. Anything used as a protection from the sun's rays. Specifically:
n.
But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon
Culminate from the equator. Milton. [ 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.
Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. 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 ]