shin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shin	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for shin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shin n the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg Synonym(s): shin, shin bone the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle Synonym(s): tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin v climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]
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. [bd]On his shin.[b8] --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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shin \Shin\, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]