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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shin  \Shin\,  v.  t. 
  To  climb  (a  pole,  etc.)  by  shinning  up  [Slang] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shin 
  n  1:  the  front  part  of  the  human  leg  between  the  knee  and  the 
  ankle 
  2:  a  cut  of  meat  from  the  lower  part  of  the  leg 
  3:  the  22nd  letter  of  the  Hebrew  alphabet 
  4:  the  inner  and  thicker  of  the  two  bones  of  the  human  leg 
  between  the  knee  and  ankle  [syn:  {tibia},  {shinbone}] 
  v  :  climb  awkwardly,  as  if  by  scrambling  [syn:  {clamber},  {scramble}, 
  {shinny},  {skin},  {struggle},  {sputter}] 




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