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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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"Shin" Quotes from Famous Books

... German youth had not been hurt very much but his "Dutch blood" was up, and throwing prudence to the wind he sailed in vigorously, hitting Pold a blow in the stomach with his fist, and kicking the mate of the Dogstar in the shin with his heavy shoe. Then he caught hold of Pold's iron bar and began ...

— The Rover Boys in Southern Waters - or The Deserted Steam Yacht • Arthur M. Winfield

... land of heroes and engineers—also the land of mystery, the abode of intrigue, the cockpit of puerile nationalism, and the soul of all things topsy-turvy and contrary. It is a land for a brave soldier, a skilful engineer, or the tourist in search of Rameses' shin-bones. ...

— The Kangaroo Marines • R. W. Campbell

... eleven Mike had begun to grow reconciled to his fate. The disappointment was still there, but it was lessened. These things are like kicks on the shin. A brief spell of agony, and then a dull pain of which we are not always conscious unless our attention is directed to it, and which in time disappears altogether. When the bell rang for the interval that morning, Mike was, as it were, sitting up ...

— Mike • P. G. Wodehouse

... the dexterity with which one of them tossed a pike, 'Pshaw,' said Goldsmith with some warmth, 'I can do it better myself.'" "The same evening," adds Boswell, "when supping at Burke's lodgings, he broke his shin by attempting to exhibit to the company how much better he could jump over ...

— Oliver Goldsmith • Washington Irving

... had injuries to avenge, advised torturing him; and for this they named Beintein's brothers, Sigurd and Gyrd, the sons of Kolbein. Peter Byrdarsvein would also avenge his brother Fin. But the chiefs and the greater part of the people went away. They broke his shin-bones and arms with an axe-hammer. Then they stripped him, and would flay him alive; but when they tried to take off the skin, they could not do it for the gush of blood. They took leather whips and ...

— Heimskringla - The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway • Snorri Sturluson

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