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Meaning
Noun
●
The front part of the
leg
below the
knee
; the front
edge
of the
shin
bone
: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
●
A
fishplate
for a railway
●
The
twenty-first
letter
of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
●
In British English:
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.
●
To
strike
with the shin.
●
In American English:
To
run about
borrowing
money
hastily
and
temporarily
, as when
trying
to make a payment.
Name
●
A
river
in Scotland, in the Highlands
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
shin
English
scinu
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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