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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.
Definition 2025
Shin
shin
shin
English
Noun
shin (plural shins)
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.
- A fishplate for a railway.
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Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
front part of the leg below the knee
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Verb
shin (third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned)
- (Britain, as "shin up") 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.
- to shin up a mast
- To strike with the shin.
- 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:
- The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner.
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- (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
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Synonyms
- shinny (US)
Translations
(UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- sheen
- šīn
Noun
shin (plural shins)
- The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
Semitic letter
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External links
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Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia