'Shin' definitions:

Definition of 'shin'

noun

The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

noun

A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg [syn: shin, shin bone]

noun

The 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

noun

The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]

verb

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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] [1913 Webster]
2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Shin \Shin\, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang] [1913 Webster]