Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shin"
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) 1.7 (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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