shin

[Shin]

The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

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The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

Noun
the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

Noun
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Noun
the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Noun
a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

Verb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

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n.
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

n.
A fish plate for rails.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.

v. t.
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.


Shin

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

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

Shin, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.

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.

To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.

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Usage Examples

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

Misspelled Form

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