(1):
(n.) A fish plate for rails.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(v. i.) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
(4):
(v. t.) To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
(5):
(n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.