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Word: shin (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
  • The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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Verb:

  • British 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.

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