Definition of shin

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Shin (v. i.) 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..

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Quashing :: Quashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quas.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor.
Dogger :: Dogger (n.) A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch..
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A mass of wrought iron from the Catalan forge or from the puddling furnace, deprived of its dross, and shaped usually in the form of an oblong block by shingling..
Shintoist :: Shintoist (n.) An adherent of Shintoism.
Causally :: Causally (n.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing..
Beeswing :: Beeswing (n.) The second crust formed in port and some other wines after long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar, supposed to resemble the wing of a bee..
Flail :: Flail (n.) An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely..
Drawer :: Drawer (n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in..
Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..
Sintoist :: Sintoist () See Shinto, etc..
Moonfish :: Moonfish (n.) An American marine fish (Vomer setipennis); -- called also bluntnosed shiner, horsefish, and sunfish..
Resplendent :: Resplendent (a.) Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
Crown :: Crown (n.) To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
Sashing :: Sashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sas.
Scamble :: Scamble (v. i.) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble.
Pumice :: Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone..
Run :: Run (a.) To spread and blend together; to unite; as, colors run in washing..
Clashingly :: Clashingly (adv.) With clashing.
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