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Webster 1913 Edition
Shin
Shin
,Noun.
[OE.
shine
, schine
, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen
, OHG. scina
, G. schiene
, schien
bein, Dan. skinne
been, Sw. sken
ben. Cf. Chine
.] 1.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
“On his shin.” Chaucer.
2.
(Railbroad)
A fish plate for rails.
Knight.
Shin bone
(Anat.)
, the tibia.
– Shin leaf
(Bot.)
, a perennial ericaceous herb (
Pyrola elliptica
) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.Shin
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shinned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shinning
.] 1.
To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; – used with up;
as, to
. shin
up a mast[Slang]
2.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one’s notes at the bank.
[Slang, U.S.]
Bartlett.
Shin
,Verb.
T.
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
[Slang]
Webster 1828 Edition
Shin
SHIN
,Noun.