Definition of "shin"
- noun
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- verb
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.
To strike with the shin.
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