| n. | 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. | ||||||
| 2. | (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails.
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| v. i. | 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; | ||||||
| 2. | To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. | |||||||
| v. t. | 1. | To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. | ||||||
| Noun | 1. | shin - the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle |
| 2. | shin - a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg | |
| 3. | shin - the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet | |
| 4. | shin - the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle | |
| Verb | 1. | shin - climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |