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n. [A-S. scinu, shin, and scinbān, shin-bone; Ger. schiene, schienbein, D. scheen, scheenbeen, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben.] The fore part of the leg, especially of the human leg; the fore part of the crural bone, called tibia by anatomists.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. SHINNED; p. pr. & vb. n. SHINNING.] To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [U. S.] Bartlett.
v. t. To climb by the aid of the hands and legs alone; as, to shin a tree. [Colloq. or low. U. S.]