Definition:
				
				
				- (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
- (n.) A fish plate for rails.
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. i.) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
- (v. t.) To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
Compare shin with other words:
			
			
			shin vs. whin
			
			
			
			
			
			shan vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			hin vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			sain vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shie vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shim vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shi vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. shiny
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. ship
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. spin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. shine
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. sin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. thin
			
			
			
			
			
			gondola vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. shun
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. spoil
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. skin
			
			
			
			
			
			bent vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			inside vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			lemon vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. twist
			
			
			
			
			
			chin vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			crime vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			climb vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			greave vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			hacking vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			arabic vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. syriac
			
			
			
			
			
			hebrew vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			aramaic vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			phoenician vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			sheen vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. shinny
			
			
			
			
			
			payment vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			money vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			borrow vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. strike
			
			
			
			
			
			railway vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shank vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			bend vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. tibia
			
			
			
			
			
			greeve vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			leg vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. tail
			
			
			
			
			
			outer vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			play vs. shin
			
			
			
			
			
			shin vs. untrue