Meaning of SHIN
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- [n] the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- [n] the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
- [n] the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- [n] a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
- [v] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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| | Synonyms: | | clamber, scramble, shinbone, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle, tibia |
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| | See Also: | | alphabetic character, Aramaic alphabet, body part, climb, cut, cut of meat, Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, leg, leg bone, letter, letter of the alphabet | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D.
scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen,
Sw. skenben. 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\, v. 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\, v. t.
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
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