[syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shin bone
n 1: a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg [syn: shin,
shin bone]
2: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg
between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin
bone, shin]