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shin

(/S//I/n )

the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle(noun.body)

source: wordnet30
a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg(noun.food)

Synonym:
shin bone

source: wordnet30
the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle(noun.body)

Synonym:
shin bone, shinbone, tibia

source: wordnet30
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.(noun)

source: webster1913

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling(verb.motion)

Synonym:
clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.(verb)

source: webster1913

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