Shin
Definition of Shin
| 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. | | 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; as, to shin up a mast. | | 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. |
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ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, clamber, clamber up, climb, climb over, climb up, cnemis, dash, drumstick, escalade, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, mount, podite, popliteal space, ramp, run, scale, scale the heights, scamper, scissor-legs, scoot, scrabble up, scramble up, scurry, shank, shin up, shinny, sprint, stems, struggle up, stumps, surmount, tarsus, trotters, upclimb
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