Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness.

3. (a.) Sunshiny; bright.