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   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.
   
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   2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails.  Knight.
   
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   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.
   
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   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]
   
   
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   2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.]  Bartlett.
   
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   Shin, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
   
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