Shin \Shin\, v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shin \Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.]

1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. ``On his shin.'' --Chaucer.

2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight.

Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.

Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Shin \Shin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shinning.]

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; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [Slang]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)