shinn.¹

Brit.

/ʃɪn/, U.S.

/ʃɪn/

Forms: Old English scinu, Middle English scine, scyne, Middle English s(c)hine, Middle English s(c)hyne, Middle English schene, Middle English–1500s schin, schyn(ne, shyn(ne, 1500s shinne, 1600s shinn, 1500s– shin.

Etymology: Old English scinu strong feminine = West Frisian skine, North Frisian skenn, (Middle) Low German, Middle Dutch schêne (Dutch scheen), Old High German scina, scena, sciena shin, needle (Middle High German schin(ne, German schiene thin wooden or metal plate); Middle Swedish skena shin, Swedish skena shin, Danish skinne splint, tire, rail, are from Low German or High German. The fundamental meaning appears to be ‘thin or narrow piece’; Old English scía shin and Middle High German schîe hedge-stake are apparently related.

a. The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle; the front or sharp edge of the shank-bone.Occasionally used of analogous parts of birds and insects.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > lower leg > [noun] > shin

shina1000

greave1600

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bones of lower leg > tibia > parts of

shina1000

knee-ball1826

a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 216/3 Cruscula, scinu.

a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 307/27 Tibia, scyne, oððe scinban.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1060 Þu were ynume in one grune, Al hit abouhte þine schine [Cott. shine].

c1300 Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter cxlvi. 10 Ne in schines of man queming bes him tille.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 421 The pure fettres of his shynes grete [v.rr. schenys, schinnes].

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 2102 Thanne lefte He vpe His staf Anon And overthwert the Schenys smot him.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2947 in Poems (1981) 109 This lytill mous, heir knit thus be the schyn.

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 494 She..had broken her shyn At the threshold comyng in.

1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Satyre iv. sig. D8^v To try it out at foot-ball by the shinnes.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 10 A Spanish Don that burnt his shins by the fire.

1714 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c24 Sept. (1965) I. 226 People that disregard a little kick of the shinns..are sure of a good place [in a crowd].

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 207 O'Brien, who knew the tender part of a black, saluted Apollo with a kick on the shins.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. xv. 229 In mounting [the path] the knees and shins bore the brunt of it.

b. The lower part of a leg (of beef), the meat of which is lean and streaked.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts

tild1342

ox foota1398

oxtaila1425

neat's foot?c1450

beef-flick1462

sticking piece1469

ox-tonguea1475

aitch-bone1486

fore-crop?1523

sirloin1525

mouse-piece1530

ox-cheek1592

neat's tongue1600

clod1601

sticking place1601

skink1631

neck beef1640

round1660

ox-heart1677

runner1688

sticking draught1688

brisket-beef1697

griskin1699

sey1719

chuck1723

shin1736

gravy beef1747

baron of beef1755

prime rib1759

rump and dozen1778

mouse buttock1818

slifta1825

nine holes1825

spauld-piece1828

trembling-piece1833

shoulder-lyar1844

butt1845

plate1854

plate-rand1854

undercut1859

silver-side1861

bed1864

wing rib1883

roll1884

strip-loin1884

hind1892

topside1896

rib-eye1926

buttock meat1966

onglet1982

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh > lower part of leg

houghc1430

knuckle-bonec1440

knuckle1626

shin1736

shank1804

knuckle-enda1845

1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Beef Take a leg or shin of Beef, strip off the skin and fat.

1872 Daily News 5 Sept. An old English proverb says..‘Of all joints commend me to the shin of beef, which contains marrow for the master, meat for the mistress, gristle for the servants, and bone for the dog’.

2. In figurative phr.:

a. referring to striking a person over the shins (cf. a rap over the knuckles) or wounding his shins.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii Priuy nyps or casts ouerthwart the shyns.

1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biv To come ouer our shinnes with the same rebuke that hee gaue to Phillip.

1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C2 A wipe ouer the shinnes of the Non Residents.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. ii. sig. B4^v Here is a style indeed, for a mans sences to leape ouer..it is able to breake the shinnes of any old mans patience in the world. My father reade this with patience?

1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 199 He is ready..to throw the Catt at her shinns, to pick a quarrell.

a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 66 The author..ought not to have left us in the dark upon that subject, to break our shins over his hints and insinuations.]

1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 362/1 Remove those logical forms..that no gentleman break the tender shins of his apprehension stumbling across them.

1884 St. James's Gaz. 25 Apr. 7/1 Rubbing down everybody's shins with a brickbat.

†b. to cut off by the shins, to leave not a leg to stand on, undermine. Obsolete.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

1592 Arden of Feversham D [ ii. ii. 769] Cut him off by the shinnes, with a frowning looke of your crabed countenance.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. I3 Post-hast letters came to him..to returne as speedily as he could possible..wherby his fame was quite cut off by the shins.

c. to cross shins: see cross v. 5a. to set out the shin (Scottish), to walk proudly. to graze the shins of, to come very near to.

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the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly

swella1250

to make it stoutc1315

to bear oneself stout1338

bridlea1475

to make it prouda1500

strut1518

to set up one's bristles1529

strut?c1570

square1584

square1590

swagger1600

to take on1603

puff1633

fluster1698

to hold one's head high1707

crest1713

to set out the shin1719

straddle1802

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > draw near to > come very near to

to graze the shins of1847

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes M 1 I will crosse shinnes with him though euerie sentence of his were a thousande tunnes of discourses.

1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xxiv. 148 We must meet with rubs; and perhaps crosse shinnes, and make fals too.

1719 A. Ramsay 2nd Answer to Hamilton ix Set out the burnt side of your shin, For pride in poets is nae sin.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 But wi' a Lord!—stand out my shin! A Lord—a Peer—an Earl's son.

1847 T. De Quincey Joan of Arc in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 190/1 The mob of spectators might raise a scruple whether our friend the jackdaw upon the throne, and the Dauphin himself, were not grazing the shins of treason.

d. to break shins (slang): to borrow money.

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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)]

borrowa1000

strike1618

to break shins1699

to raise the wind1722

shin1855

bot1930

1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xii. f. 45 Whereupon he praued, or beat out of their shinnes 7000. rubbels for a mulct.

1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. C1 The Russians haue an excellent custome: they beate them on the shinnes, that haue mony, and will not pay their debts.]

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Breaking Shins, borrowing of Money.1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 227. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 632 In financial slang, Americans use the verb to shin simply, where the English use to break shins, to denote a desperate effort to procure money in an emergency by running about to friends and acquaintances.

3. The sharp slope of a hill. Scottish.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep

cliffOE

cleevec1300

hangingc1400

braea1500

steep1555

steepness1585

proclivity1645

upright1712

sliddera1793

snab1797

scarp1802

escarpment1815

shin1817

escarp1856

hag1868

jump-off1873

inface1896

fault-scarp1897

scarping1909

fault-line scarp1911

steephead1918

jump-up1927

1817 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 84 Sometimes on the shin, and some~times in the hollow, of a hill.

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. v. 76 They have climbed the eastern shin of the Harz Range, where the Harz is capable of wheel-carriages.

4. Used, after German schiene, for an iron plate or band.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > strip or plate of wood or metal

hollowc897

strop1573

strap1588

shin1747

strap iron1833

stirrup-iron1838

fish1847

fish-bar1872

welt1874

mirror plate1940

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. K2 The Hack is not made straight but bending a little on either end from the Eye, upon that side the Haum is put in on, yet not too much into the Shins.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shin,..a fish-plate.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

shin-boot n.

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1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shin-boot,..a horse boot having a long leather shield to protect the shin of a horse.

shin-cover n.

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1845 Kitto's Cycl. Bibl. Lit. (1849) I. 228/1 They [sc. greaves] consisted of a pair of shin-covers of brass.

shin-guard n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > for the shin

shin-guard1884

1884–5 Derbyshire Football Guide 97 (advt.) Shin-guards..2s. 6d.

1903 Daily Chron. 3 Feb. 3/4 Legs cased in shin-guards.

shin-pad n.

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1895 Outing 27 251/2 Neither shin-pads nor canvas jackets were worn.

shin-pride n.

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1613 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum B 4 Stript..Of guiddie-Gaudes,..Of Face-pride, Case~pride, Shin-pride, Shoo-pride.

shin-ridge n.

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1889 Ld. A. Campbell's Celtic Trad. 87 The sharp shin-ridge of the greaves.

C2.

† shin-barker n. Obsolete a little dog that barks at one's shins.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > bark > dog that barks

bugher1612

shin-barker1645

wuffer1923

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 26 Infested, somtimes at his face, with dorrs and horsflies, somtimes beneath, with bauling whippets, and shin-barkers.

shin-cracker n. Australian (see quots.).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of leg

white leg1801

snow-shoe evil1809

sparganosis1822

milk leg1830

phlegmasia alba dolens1830

scissor leg1850

scelalgia1853

tennis-knee1901

intermittent claudication1909

knee1921

shin-cracker1928

shin-splint1930

panpygoptosis1938

shelter leg1940

phlegmasia cerulea dolens1950

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > subsoil > other subsoils

stone-brash1677

shin-cracker1928

1928 Wentworth Mag. (Sydney) June 33 ‘Shin-crakers’, that is, blows on the shin owing to the rock suddenly breaking off.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 99 Shin~cracker, a subsoil of close-grained, brittle sandstone where the potch or silica runs.

1969 E. Waller And there's Opal out There 20 Ailments common to the Lightning Ridge, such as shincracker shin.

1971 J. S. Gunn Opal Terminol. 42 Shin cracker. Also shincracker, common name for the fine-grained Coocoran claystone which on exposure at the surface becomes a hard, brittle, siliceous rock that usually has to be dug through to get to the opal ground. Its name is appropriate because, when worked with a sinking pick or jack hammer, pieces shatter or fly off to strike the digger's shins, hence the injury called ‘shin-cracker shin’.

shin-leaf n. the North American ericaceous plant Pyrola elliptica (also P. rotundifolia).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ericaceae (wintergreen and allies) > [noun]

wintergreen1525

pyrola1527

limonium1548

rheumatism weed1785

pipsissewa1793

prince's pine1807

king-cure1817

shin-leaf1845

wood-lily1884

1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 151 Pyrola..rotundifolia (shin-leaf, pear-leaf wintergreen).

1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 260.

shin-oak n. applied to dwarf varieties of oak which form thick low-growing underwood, e.g. Quercus chinquapin.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > dwarf, scrub, or shrub varieties

scrub oak1671

ground-oaka1723

shrub oak1753

bear oak1810

shin-oak1844

Sadler's oak1897

1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies II. 200 Black-jacks..[are] intermixed with a very diminutive dwarf oak, called by the hunters ‘shin-oak’.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 693/2 Quercus Chinquapin or prinoides, a dwarf variety,..forms dense miniature thickets..; the tree is called by the hunters of the plains the ‘shin-oak’.

shin-plaster n. (a) Historical (originally U.S.), a square piece of paper saturated with vinegar, etc., used as a plaster for sore legs; (b) a piece of paper money, esp. one of a low denomination, depreciated in value, or not sufficiently secured; (c) Canadian a twenty-five cent bill; also attributive.

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > a banknote

bank bill1682

bill1682

note1695

money bill1713

banknote1759

post-note1788

screen1789

stiff1823

flimsy1824

shin-plaster1824

billet1837

pennif1862

toadskin1867

currency note1891

dead president1944

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > Canadian

shin-plaster1824

1824 Microscope (Albany, N.Y.) 15 May in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) We advise our friends to exchange their ‘shin plasters’ for ‘solid charms’ as soon as may be.

1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. xi. 238 I had taken the precaution in Louisiana of getting rid of my shin-plasters for hard specie.

1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 170 The ‘more money’ that is cried for, silver or shinplaster, is not the needed thing.

1887 Grip (Toronto) 2 Apr. 10/2 I will give further particulars on receipt of a shin-plaister.

1929 H. Colebatch Story of Hundred Years xxxvii. 458 The ‘shin-plasters’ of Connor, Doherty, and Durack, and of many hotel and store keepers, form the regularly accepted currency.

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xvii. 308 I haven't a cent. Rhett, give me a few shin plasters. Here, Big Sam, buy some tobacco for yourself.

1962 H. Green Time to pass Over v. 77 Old Josh felt disposed to part with a few of his mouldy shinplasters.

1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Nov. 40/1 Some years ago I was working in Boulia, where there wasn't a bank. Shin plasters were issued by Mr. J. P. Howard who owned the hotel at Boulia.

shin-rapper n. one who disables horses by striking the splint-bone.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > other disorders of leg > one who causes

shin-rapper1885

1885 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. (Cassell) Every great stable in England had the fear of the poisoner, the shin-rapper, and the nobbler constantly in view.

shin-scraper n. (a) see quot. 1869; (b) a contemptuous name for a climber.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber

rock climber1767

rockman1798

cragsman1816

cliffsman1829

mountaineer1860

Alpestrian1861

alpinist1861

cliffer1861

glissader1861

ascensionist1863

alpenstocker1864

shin-scraper1869

hillmana1885

second1907

Munro-bagger1910

summiteer1926

middleman1968

rock jock1980

free soloist1984

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill

mill1822

treadmill1822

tread-wheel1822

treading-mill1830

stepper1846

shin-scraper1869

1869 J. Greenwood Seven Curses London vi. 87 The treadmill, shin scraper (arising, it may be assumed, on account of the operator's liability, if he is not careful, to get his shins scraped by the ever-revolving wheel).

1895 Westm. Gaz. 11 Oct. 3/1 Although he may be described as a ‘shin-scraper’, he does not forget that he is first of all a mountaineer.

shin-splint n. (a) dialect (see quot. 1894); (b) plural (construed as singular and plural), any of a number of painful conditions of the lower leg that may be caused by running on hard surfaces.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > for the shin > article of

shin-splint1812

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of leg

white leg1801

snow-shoe evil1809

sparganosis1822

milk leg1830

phlegmasia alba dolens1830

scissor leg1850

scelalgia1853

tennis-knee1901

intermittent claudication1909

knee1921

shin-cracker1928

shin-splint1930

panpygoptosis1938

shelter leg1940

phlegmasia cerulea dolens1950

1812 in J. Bell Rhymes of Northern Bards 35 I lost a' my shin-splints among the great stanes.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shin-splints, a kind of greave or leg armour worn on the shins by trimmers, etc., to protect the legs in working.

1930 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (ed. 11) 951/1 Shin splints, myositis and periostitis affecting chiefly the extensor muscles of the lower lateral aspect of the legs.

1938 A. Thorndike Athletic Injuries xxi. 180 Shin splints in track, cross country and other sports are a very definite injury—a tearing of the origin of the tibialis posticus muscle from the tibia in its lower third.

1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running v. 71 Shin splints—pains in the front of the leg that are common in beginning runners.

shin-tangle n. Canadian (see quot. 1905).

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood

ronea1300

underwooda1325

rammel1338

brushetc1380

scroga1400

bushailec1400

frithing1429

brushal1430

brushc1440

ronec1440

thevec1440

garsil1483

shroga1500

cablish1594

south-bois1598

undergrowth1600

frith1605

hand timber1664

subbois1664

urith1671

brushwood1732

bush-wood1771

underbrush1775

slop1784

woodiness1796

scrub1805

shag1836

chaparral1845

underbush1849

underscrub1870

sand-brush1871

buck-brush1874

bush1879

horizontal scrub1888

tangle-wood1894

shin-tangle1905

1905 J. Outram In Heart Canad. Rockies 176 A dense undergrowth..is often designated by the expressive term ‘shin-tangle’.

1973 P. Geddes Ottawa Allegation xiv. 181 Nothing else was about except for the birds, making for cover under the shintangle.

shin wood n. the Ground Hemlock, Taxus canadensis (see quot. 1778).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun]

yeweOE

yew treea1398

tax1541

vew1570

shin wood1778

ground-hemlock1807

taxad1846

Pacific yew1903

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 505 Shin Wood. This extraordinary shrub..runs near the ground for six or eight feet, and then takes root again;..this proves very troublesome to the hasty traveller, by striking against his shins, and entangling his legs.

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单词	shin
释义	shinn.¹ Brit. /ʃɪn/, U.S. /ʃɪn/ Forms: Old English scinu, Middle English scine, scyne, Middle English s(c)hine, Middle English s(c)hyne, Middle English schene, Middle English–1500s schin, schyn(ne, shyn(ne, 1500s shinne, 1600s shinn, 1500s– shin. Etymology: Old English scinu strong feminine = West Frisian skine, North Frisian skenn, (Middle) Low German, Middle Dutch schêne (Dutch scheen), Old High German scina, scena, sciena shin, needle (Middle High German schin(ne, German schiene thin wooden or metal plate); Middle Swedish skena shin, Swedish skena shin, Danish skinne splint, tire, rail, are from Low German or High German. The fundamental meaning appears to be ‘thin or narrow piece’; Old English scía shin and Middle High German schîe hedge-stake are apparently related. 1. a. The front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle; the front or sharp edge of the shank-bone.Occasionally used of analogous parts of birds and insects. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > lower leg > [noun] > shin shina1000 greave1600 the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of arm or leg > bones of leg > [noun] > bones of lower leg > tibia > parts of shina1000 knee-ball1826 a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 216/3 Cruscula, scinu. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 307/27 Tibia, scyne, oððe scinban. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1060 Þu were ynume in one grune, Al hit abouhte þine schine [Cott. shine]. c1300 Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter cxlvi. 10 Ne in schines of man queming bes him tille. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 421 The pure fettres of his shynes grete [v.rr. schenys, schinnes]. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 2102 Thanne lefte He vpe His staf Anon And overthwert the Schenys smot him. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2947 in Poems (1981) 109 This lytill mous, heir knit thus be the schyn. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 494 She..had broken her shyn At the threshold comyng in. 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Satyre iv. sig. D8^v To try it out at foot-ball by the shinnes. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 10 A Spanish Don that burnt his shins by the fire. 1714 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. c24 Sept. (1965) I. 226 People that disregard a little kick of the shinns..are sure of a good place [in a crowd]. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 207 O'Brien, who knew the tender part of a black, saluted Apollo with a kick on the shins. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond I. xv. 229 In mounting [the path] the knees and shins bore the brunt of it. b. The lower part of a leg (of beef), the meat of which is lean and streaked. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > beef > [noun] > other cuts or parts tild1342 ox foota1398 oxtaila1425 neat's foot?c1450 beef-flick1462 sticking piece1469 ox-tonguea1475 aitch-bone1486 fore-crop?1523 sirloin1525 mouse-piece1530 ox-cheek1592 neat's tongue1600 clod1601 sticking place1601 skink1631 neck beef1640 round1660 ox-heart1677 runner1688 sticking draught1688 brisket-beef1697 griskin1699 sey1719 chuck1723 shin1736 gravy beef1747 baron of beef1755 prime rib1759 rump and dozen1778 mouse buttock1818 slifta1825 nine holes1825 spauld-piece1828 trembling-piece1833 shoulder-lyar1844 butt1845 plate1854 plate-rand1854 undercut1859 silver-side1861 bed1864 wing rib1883 roll1884 strip-loin1884 hind1892 topside1896 rib-eye1926 buttock meat1966 onglet1982 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh > lower part of leg houghc1430 knuckle-bonec1440 knuckle1626 shin1736 shank1804 knuckle-enda1845 1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum at Beef Take a leg or shin of Beef, strip off the skin and fat. 1872 Daily News 5 Sept. An old English proverb says..‘Of all joints commend me to the shin of beef, which contains marrow for the master, meat for the mistress, gristle for the servants, and bone for the dog’. 2. In figurative phr.: a. referring to striking a person over the shins (cf. a rap over the knuckles) or wounding his shins. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii Priuy nyps or casts ouerthwart the shyns. 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biv To come ouer our shinnes with the same rebuke that hee gaue to Phillip. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. C2 A wipe ouer the shinnes of the Non Residents. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor i. ii. sig. B4^v Here is a style indeed, for a mans sences to leape ouer..it is able to breake the shinnes of any old mans patience in the world. My father reade this with patience? View more context for this quotation 1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 199 He is ready..to throw the Catt at her shinns, to pick a quarrell. a1797 E. Burke Fourth Let. Peace Regicide Directory France in Writings & Speeches (1991) IX. 66 The author..ought not to have left us in the dark upon that subject, to break our shins over his hints and insinuations.] 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 362/1 Remove those logical forms..that no gentleman break the tender shins of his apprehension stumbling across them. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 25 Apr. 7/1 Rubbing down everybody's shins with a brickbat. †b. to cut off by the shins, to leave not a leg to stand on, undermine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1592 Arden of Feversham D [ ii. ii. 769] Cut him off by the shinnes, with a frowning looke of your crabed countenance. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. I3 Post-hast letters came to him..to returne as speedily as he could possible..wherby his fame was quite cut off by the shins. c. to cross shins: see cross v. 5a. to set out the shin (Scottish), to walk proudly. to graze the shins of, to come very near to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly swella1250 to make it stoutc1315 to bear oneself stout1338 bridlea1475 to make it prouda1500 strut1518 to set up one's bristles1529 strut?c1570 square1584 square1590 swagger1600 to take on1603 puff1633 fluster1698 to hold one's head high1707 crest1713 to set out the shin1719 straddle1802 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > draw near to > come very near to to graze the shins of1847 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes M 1 I will crosse shinnes with him though euerie sentence of his were a thousande tunnes of discourses. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xxiv. 148 We must meet with rubs; and perhaps crosse shinnes, and make fals too. 1719 A. Ramsay 2nd Answer to Hamilton ix Set out the burnt side of your shin, For pride in poets is nae sin. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 298 But wi' a Lord!—stand out my shin! A Lord—a Peer—an Earl's son. 1847 T. De Quincey Joan of Arc in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 190/1 The mob of spectators might raise a scruple whether our friend the jackdaw upon the throne, and the Dauphin himself, were not grazing the shins of treason. d. to break shins (slang): to borrow money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] borrowa1000 strike1618 to break shins1699 to raise the wind1722 shin1855 bot1930 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xii. f. 45 Whereupon he praued, or beat out of their shinnes 7000. rubbels for a mulct. 1606 T. Dekker Seuen Deadly Sinnes London i. sig. C1 The Russians haue an excellent custome: they beate them on the shinnes, that haue mony, and will not pay their debts.] 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Breaking Shins, borrowing of Money.1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) 227. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 632 In financial slang, Americans use the verb to shin simply, where the English use to break shins, to denote a desperate effort to procure money in an emergency by running about to friends and acquaintances. 3. The sharp slope of a hill. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep cliffOE cleevec1300 hangingc1400 braea1500 steep1555 steepness1585 proclivity1645 upright1712 sliddera1793 snab1797 scarp1802 escarpment1815 shin1817 escarp1856 hag1868 jump-off1873 inface1896 fault-scarp1897 scarping1909 fault-line scarp1911 steephead1918 jump-up1927 1817 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 84 Sometimes on the shin, and some~times in the hollow, of a hill. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. v. 76 They have climbed the eastern shin of the Harz Range, where the Harz is capable of wheel-carriages. 4. Used, after German schiene, for an iron plate or band. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > strip or plate of wood or metal hollowc897 strop1573 strap1588 shin1747 strap iron1833 stirrup-iron1838 fish1847 fish-bar1872 welt1874 mirror plate1940 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. K2 The Hack is not made straight but bending a little on either end from the Eye, upon that side the Haum is put in on, yet not too much into the Shins. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shin,..a fish-plate. Compounds C1. General attributive. shin-boot n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shin-boot,..a horse boot having a long leather shield to protect the shin of a horse. shin-cover n. ΚΠ 1845 Kitto's Cycl. Bibl. Lit. (1849) I. 228/1 They [sc. greaves] consisted of a pair of shin-covers of brass. shin-guard n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > for the shin shin-guard1884 1884–5 Derbyshire Football Guide 97 (advt.) Shin-guards..2s. 6d. 1903 Daily Chron. 3 Feb. 3/4 Legs cased in shin-guards. shin-pad n. ΚΠ 1895 Outing 27 251/2 Neither shin-pads nor canvas jackets were worn. shin-pride n. ΚΠ 1613 J. Sylvester Lacrymæ Lacrymarum B 4 Stript..Of guiddie-Gaudes,..Of Face-pride, Case~pride, Shin-pride, Shoo-pride. shin-ridge n. ΚΠ 1889 Ld. A. Campbell's Celtic Trad. 87 The sharp shin-ridge of the greaves. C2. † shin-barker n. Obsolete a little dog that barks at one's shins. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > sound made by > bark > dog that barks bugher1612 shin-barker1645 wuffer1923 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 26 Infested, somtimes at his face, with dorrs and horsflies, somtimes beneath, with bauling whippets, and shin-barkers. shin-cracker n. Australian (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of leg white leg1801 snow-shoe evil1809 sparganosis1822 milk leg1830 phlegmasia alba dolens1830 scissor leg1850 scelalgia1853 tennis-knee1901 intermittent claudication1909 knee1921 shin-cracker1928 shin-splint1930 panpygoptosis1938 shelter leg1940 phlegmasia cerulea dolens1950 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > subsoil > other subsoils stone-brash1677 shin-cracker1928 1928 Wentworth Mag. (Sydney) June 33 ‘Shin-crakers’, that is, blows on the shin owing to the rock suddenly breaking off. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 99 Shin~cracker, a subsoil of close-grained, brittle sandstone where the potch or silica runs. 1969 E. Waller And there's Opal out There 20 Ailments common to the Lightning Ridge, such as shincracker shin. 1971 J. S. Gunn Opal Terminol. 42 Shin cracker. Also shincracker, common name for the fine-grained Coocoran claystone which on exposure at the surface becomes a hard, brittle, siliceous rock that usually has to be dug through to get to the opal ground. Its name is appropriate because, when worked with a sinking pick or jack hammer, pieces shatter or fly off to strike the digger's shins, hence the injury called ‘shin-cracker shin’. shin-leaf n. the North American ericaceous plant Pyrola elliptica (also P. rotundifolia). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Ericaceae (wintergreen and allies) > [noun] wintergreen1525 pyrola1527 limonium1548 rheumatism weed1785 pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 king-cure1817 shin-leaf1845 wood-lily1884 1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Familiar Lect. Bot. (new ed.) App. 151 Pyrola..rotundifolia (shin-leaf, pear-leaf wintergreen). 1856 A. Gray Man. Bot. Northern U.S. (ed. 2) 260. shin-oak n. applied to dwarf varieties of oak which form thick low-growing underwood, e.g. Quercus chinquapin. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > dwarf, scrub, or shrub varieties scrub oak1671 ground-oaka1723 shrub oak1753 bear oak1810 shin-oak1844 Sadler's oak1897 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies II. 200 Black-jacks..[are] intermixed with a very diminutive dwarf oak, called by the hunters ‘shin-oak’. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 693/2 Quercus Chinquapin or prinoides, a dwarf variety,..forms dense miniature thickets..; the tree is called by the hunters of the plains the ‘shin-oak’. shin-plaster n. (a) Historical (originally U.S.), a square piece of paper saturated with vinegar, etc., used as a plaster for sore legs; (b) a piece of paper money, esp. one of a low denomination, depreciated in value, or not sufficiently secured; (c) Canadian a twenty-five cent bill; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > a banknote bank bill1682 bill1682 note1695 money bill1713 banknote1759 post-note1788 screen1789 stiff1823 flimsy1824 shin-plaster1824 billet1837 pennif1862 toadskin1867 currency note1891 dead president1944 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > Canadian shin-plaster1824 1824 Microscope (Albany, N.Y.) 15 May in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) We advise our friends to exchange their ‘shin plasters’ for ‘solid charms’ as soon as may be. 1843 F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet II. xi. 238 I had taken the precaution in Louisiana of getting rid of my shin-plasters for hard specie. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 126 170 The ‘more money’ that is cried for, silver or shinplaster, is not the needed thing. 1887 Grip (Toronto) 2 Apr. 10/2 I will give further particulars on receipt of a shin-plaister. 1929 H. Colebatch Story of Hundred Years xxxvii. 458 The ‘shin-plasters’ of Connor, Doherty, and Durack, and of many hotel and store keepers, form the regularly accepted currency. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind xvii. 308 I haven't a cent. Rhett, give me a few shin plasters. Here, Big Sam, buy some tobacco for yourself. 1962 H. Green Time to pass Over v. 77 Old Josh felt disposed to part with a few of his mouldy shinplasters. 1972 Telegraph (Brisbane) 10 Nov. 40/1 Some years ago I was working in Boulia, where there wasn't a bank. Shin plasters were issued by Mr. J. P. Howard who owned the hotel at Boulia. shin-rapper n. one who disables horses by striking the splint-bone. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > other disorders of leg > one who causes shin-rapper1885 1885 Daily Tel. 30 Sept. (Cassell) Every great stable in England had the fear of the poisoner, the shin-rapper, and the nobbler constantly in view. shin-scraper n. (a) see quot. 1869; (b) a contemptuous name for a climber. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber rock climber1767 rockman1798 cragsman1816 cliffsman1829 mountaineer1860 Alpestrian1861 alpinist1861 cliffer1861 glissader1861 ascensionist1863 alpenstocker1864 shin-scraper1869 hillmana1885 second1907 Munro-bagger1910 summiteer1926 middleman1968 rock jock1980 free soloist1984 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill mill1822 treadmill1822 tread-wheel1822 treading-mill1830 stepper1846 shin-scraper1869 1869 J. Greenwood Seven Curses London vi. 87 The treadmill, shin scraper (arising, it may be assumed, on account of the operator's liability, if he is not careful, to get his shins scraped by the ever-revolving wheel). 1895 Westm. Gaz. 11 Oct. 3/1 Although he may be described as a ‘shin-scraper’, he does not forget that he is first of all a mountaineer. shin-splint n. (a) dialect (see quot. 1894); (b) plural (construed as singular and plural), any of a number of painful conditions of the lower leg that may be caused by running on hard surfaces. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > for the shin > article of shin-splint1812 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > disorders of leg white leg1801 snow-shoe evil1809 sparganosis1822 milk leg1830 phlegmasia alba dolens1830 scissor leg1850 scelalgia1853 tennis-knee1901 intermittent claudication1909 knee1921 shin-cracker1928 shin-splint1930 panpygoptosis1938 shelter leg1940 phlegmasia cerulea dolens1950 1812 in J. Bell Rhymes of Northern Bards 35 I lost a' my shin-splints among the great stanes. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Shin-splints, a kind of greave or leg armour worn on the shins by trimmers, etc., to protect the legs in working. 1930 T. L. Stedman Pract. Med. Dict. (ed. 11) 951/1 Shin splints, myositis and periostitis affecting chiefly the extensor muscles of the lower lateral aspect of the legs. 1938 A. Thorndike Athletic Injuries xxi. 180 Shin splints in track, cross country and other sports are a very definite injury—a tearing of the origin of the tibialis posticus muscle from the tibia in its lower third. 1977 J. F. Fixx Compl. Bk. Running v. 71 Shin splints—pains in the front of the leg that are common in beginning runners. shin-tangle n. Canadian (see quot. 1905). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > brushwood, scrub, or underwood ronea1300 underwooda1325 rammel1338 brushetc1380 scroga1400 bushailec1400 frithing1429 brushal1430 brushc1440 ronec1440 thevec1440 garsil1483 shroga1500 cablish1594 south-bois1598 undergrowth1600 frith1605 hand timber1664 subbois1664 urith1671 brushwood1732 bush-wood1771 underbrush1775 slop1784 woodiness1796 scrub1805 shag1836 chaparral1845 underbush1849 underscrub1870 sand-brush1871 buck-brush1874 bush1879 horizontal scrub1888 tangle-wood1894 shin-tangle1905 1905 J. Outram In Heart Canad. Rockies 176 A dense undergrowth..is often designated by the expressive term ‘shin-tangle’. 1973 P. Geddes Ottawa Allegation xiv. 181 Nothing else was about except for the birds, making for cover under the shintangle. shin wood n. the Ground Hemlock, Taxus canadensis (see quot. 1778). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > yew trees > [noun] yeweOE yew treea1398 tax1541 vew1570 shin wood1778 ground-hemlock1807 taxad1846 Pacific yew1903 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 505 Shin Wood. This extraordinary shrub..runs near the ground for six or eight feet, and then takes root again;..this proves very troublesome to the hasty traveller, by striking against his shins, and entangling his legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). Shinn.² /ʃiːn/ Etymology: < a language of Northern India or adjacent regions, perhaps a self-designation. One of the Dardic peoples inhabiting the Gilgit agency of Kashmir; a member of this people. ΘΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Indian > [noun] > other peoples of India Mewati1788 Khasi1789 Kol1795 Yusufzai1815 Bhil1823 Meo1832 Dogra1834 Mundari1872 Shin1875 1875 F. Drew Jummoo & Kashmir xviii. 428 The table..shows in what countries the Shīn caste is found... The Shīn occur, mixed with Yashkun, along the Indus Valley. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 598/1 The middle castes, Shin and Yashkun, form the body of the Dard people. The pure Shin looks more like a European than any high-caste Brahman of India. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 20/1 The dominant race is that of the Shins, whose language is universally spoken. 1913 A. Neve Thirty Years in Kashmir ix. 84 My own impression is that the Rajah families were originally Shins... The Shin races (i.e., the Dards) first occupied the eastern Hindu Kush. 1938 R. C. F. Schomberg Kafirs & Glaciers xii. 206 The people of Ashret are not Chitralis but Dangariks who speak Palula, a language allied to the Shina spoken at Gilgit... They are probably Shins who came from Chilas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). Shinn.³ /ʃiːn/ Etymology: Japanese, = genuine, authentic. The name of a major Japanese Buddhist sect which teaches salvation by faith in the Buddha Amida and emphasizes morality rather than orthodoxy. Usually attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Buddhism > Buddhist sects and groups > [noun] > shin Shinshū1727 Shin1877 1877 W. E. Griffis Mikado's Empire (ed. 2) i. xvi. 173 The Shin sect hold a form of the Protestant doctrine of justification by faith, believing in Buddha instead of Jesus. 1904 L. Hearn Japan: Attempt at Interpr. xiii. 302 Nobunaga agreed to spare the lives of the Shin priests. 1960 B. Leach Potter in Japan ii. 49 Dr. Suzuki is the leading writer on both Zen and Shin Buddhism, both in English and Japanese. 1976 Education & Community Relations July–Aug. 8/1 Talks by the Chief Abbot of the Nishi Hongwanji (Shin Sect) of Japan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). shinv. Brit. /ʃɪn/, U.S. /ʃɪn/ Etymology: < shin n.¹ 1. a. intransitive (originally Nautical). To climb by using the arms and legs without the help of steps, irons, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > climb > by clasping with legs and arms swerve?1606 swarve1614 swarm1681 shin1829 shinny1888 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. iv. 128 I myself saw him ‘shinning’ up by the topsail-tie. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 379 We had to..shin up and down single ropes caked with ice. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 225 Nothing for it but the tree, so Tom laid his bones to it, shinning up as fast as he could. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. iii. 52 As he shinned vigorously down the trunk. b. transitive. To climb up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > climb up or scale > climb by clasping with legs and arms climbc1275 swarm15.. grapple1598 swarvea1650 swarm1668 shin1891 leg1893 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 8/1 [He] reached the roof by shinning a water-pipe. 2. U.S. To ‘use one's legs’; to move quickly; to run round. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > run yernc900 runOE rasec1275 canter1765 pelt1831 shin1838 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 106 Shin it, good man..shin it as well as you know how! 1840 G. T. Strong Diary 8 May (1952) 138 One banner in particular—representing Matty shinning away from the White House. 1845 N.Y. Com. Adv. 13 Dec. (Bartlett 1860) The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 267 And then didn't I shin it along the bridge, pretty speedily! 1865 G. A. Sala My Diary in Amer. II. 414 I guess you'll walk down town and show me the stores. I'm tired of shinning around alone. 1887 A. Conan Doyle Study in Scarlet ii. iii I guess we had best shin out of Utah. 3. To kick (a person) on the shins. Also, to shoot in the shins. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > injure specific part to shave (a person's) crown14.. slot?a1400 paunch1530 tuckc1640 shin1819 spine1888 whiplash1971 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of body [verb (transitive)] > on the shins shin1819 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > kick > kick on the shins shin1819 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > shoot (a person or thing) > in specific part shin1819 gut-shoot1878 1819 E. Evans Pedestrious Tour 214 Soldiers are apt to fire too high. He was often heard to say to his troops in battle: ‘Shin them, my brave boys!’ a1845 R. H. Barham House-warming!! in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 301 There's a pirouette!..A ring!—give him room or he'll ‘shin’ you—stand clear! 1846 Yale Banger 10 Nov. in B. H. Hall Coll. College Words We have been shinned, smoked, ducked. 1864 Eton School Days xiii He could not go out of his tutor's..without some one..‘shinning’ him if he passed near enough. 4. U.S. To borrow money.Cf. to break shins at shin n.¹ 2d. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] borrowa1000 strike1618 to break shins1699 to raise the wind1722 shin1855 bot1930 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Shin, to borrow money. (American cant term.) 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 632 In financial slang, Americans use the verb to shin simply, where the English use to break shins, to denote a desperate effort to procure money in an emergency by running about to friends and acquaintances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1000n.²1875n.³1877v.1819
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