shin

One of the two forms of the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet, distinguished from the letter sin by having a dot above the right side of the letter.

The front part of the leg below the knee and above the ankle.

The shinbone.

A cut of meat from the lower foreleg of beef cattle.

To climb (a rope or pole, for example) by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs.

To kick or hit in the shins.

To climb something by shinning it.

To move quickly on foot.

In a modern turning-plow, the lower front corner of the mold-board, next the share and forming part of the cutting edge. It replaces in part the head or sheath of old plows.