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noun

Shin 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. "On his shin."

(Railbroad) A fish plate for rails.

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.

verb

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

Shin v. i. (past & past part. shinned; pres. part. shinning)

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)

To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. (Slang, U.S.)

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Etymology of 'Shin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shin" Quotes from Famous Books

... the rod again until his victim, with a sudden turn, fetched him a violent kick on the shin and broke loose. The ex-steward set off in pursuit, somewhat handicapped by the fact that he dare not go over flower-beds, whilst Master Hardy was singularly free from such prejudices. Miss Nugent ran to the side-entrance ...

— At Sunwich Port, Complete • W.W. Jacobs

... done his wust—not Acll ThAc did could life's last spork recall. Zo Doctor Cox went out o' life A vine, a, and as honsom mon, As zun hath iver shin'd upon; A left a family—a wife, Two sons—onedater, As beautiful as lovely MAc, Of whom a-mAc-bi I mid za Zumthin hereActer: What thAc veel'd now I sholl not tell— My hort athin me 'gins to zwell! Reflection here mid ...

— The Dialect of the West of England Particularly Somersetshire • James Jennings

... one of those individuals who can describe a continent on the strength of a few days' stay in a coast town as intimately and dogmatically as a paleontologist will reconstruct an extinct mammal from the evidence of a stray shin bone. He had the loud penetrating voice and the prominent penetrating eyes of a man who can do no listening in the ordinary way and whose eyes have to perform the function of listening for him. His ...

— The Unbearable Bassington • Saki

... round the fire the elders Are gathered in a bunch, And the girls are doing crochet, And the boys are reading Punch:- Go thou and look in Leech's book; There haply shalt thou spy A stout man on a staircase stand, With aspect anything but bland, And rub his right shin with his hand, To ...

— Verses and Translations • C. S. C.

... an hour we were positively all in. There weren't three of us unwounded. The house was a wreck. Wilbur had a broken nose. "Chick" Struthers' kneecap hurt. "Lima" Bean's ribs were telescoped, and there wasn't a good shin in the house. We quit in disgust and sat around looking at Ole. He was sitting around, too. He happened to be sitting on Bangs, who was yelling for help. But we didn't feel like starting ...

— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch

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