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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover or roof with shindles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Shingle. ] A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Shindies [ Etymol. uncertain; cf. Shinney, Shinty. ] 1. An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [ Slang ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hockey; shinney. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fancy or liking. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now sits not girt with taper's holy shine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair opening to some court's propitious shine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distant shine of the celestial city. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sunshine; fair weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be it fair or foul, or rain or shine. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A liking for a person; a fancy. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Caper; antic; row. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To cut up shines, to play pranks. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Shone archaic Shined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shining. ] [ OE. shinen, schinen, AS. scīnan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. skīna, OS. & OHG. scīnan, G. scheinen, Icel. skīna, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; shadow. √157. Cf. Sheer pure, and Shimmer. ] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. 2 Cor. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. “So proud she shined in her princely state.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the face to shine upon, or
To cause the face to shine upon, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. Num. vi. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to shine, as a light. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ God ] doth not rain wealth, nor shine honor and virtues, upon men equally. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them. [ U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]