shin
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Old English scinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō.
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shin (plural shins)
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
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front part of the leg below the knee
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shin (third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned)
- (UK) 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 shin up a mast
- To strike with the shin.
- 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, BBC:
- The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner.
- 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, BBC:
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- shinny US
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(UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
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[edit] Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *śamš- (“sun”). Compare Shamash.
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shin (plural shins)
- The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
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Semitic letter
[edit] External links
Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Shin (letter)
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shin
- H-system spelling of ŝin.
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See also shin-
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shin (hiragana しん)
[edit] Manx
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From Old Irish sinni.
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shin (emphatic shinyn)
