SHIN

Shin

Shin literally means "Teeth" and "Press" and "sharp"; It is the twenty-first letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic/Hebrew, and Arabic .

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shin

Noun

  1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.
  2. A fishplate for a railway.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Verb

  1. 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.
    to shin up a mast
  2. To strike with the shin.
  3. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.


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