- (v.t.) To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) A fish plate for rails.
- (v.i.) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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