| Shin |
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. |
| Shin |
n. |
A fish plate for rails. |
| 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. |
| Shin |
v. i. |
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. |
| Shin |
v. t. |
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. |
| Shin Shu |
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The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness. |
| Shindies |
pl. |
of Shindy |
| Shindle |
n. |
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. |
| Shindle |
v. t. |
To cover or roof with shindles. |
| Shindy |
n. |
An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. |
| Shindy |
n. |
Hockey; shinney. |
| Shindy |
n. |
A fancy or liking. |
| Shine |
v. i. |
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. |
| Shine |
v. i. |
To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. |
| Shine |
v. i. |
To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. |
| Shine |
v. i. |
To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. |
| Shine |
v. t. |
To cause to shine, as a light. |
| Shine |
v. t. |
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. |
| Shine |
n. |
The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen. |
| Shine |
n. |
Sunshine; fair weather. |
| Shine |
n. |
A liking for a person; a fancy. |
| Shine |
n. |
Caper; antic; row. |
| Shine |
v. i. |
Shining; sheen. |
| Shined |
|
of Shine |
| Shiner |
n. |
That which shines. |
| Shiner |
n. |
A luminary. |
| Shiner |
n. |
A bright piece of money. |
| Shiner |
n. |
Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. |
| Shiner |
n. |
The common Lepisma, or furniture bug. |
| Shiness |
n. |
See Shyness. |
| Shingle |
n. |
Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere. |
| Shingle |
n. |
A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other,
used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below. |
| Shingle |
n. |
A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. |
| Shingle |
v. t. |
To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. |
| Shingle |
v. t. |
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof. |
| Shingle |
v. t. |
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace. |
| Shingled |
imp. &. p. p. |
of Shingle |
| Shingler |
n. |
One who shingles. |
| Shingler |
n. |
A machine for shingling puddled iron. |
| Shingles |
n. |
A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain. |
| Shingling |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Shingle |
| Shingling |
n. |
The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles. |
| Shingling |
n. |
The process of expelling scoriae and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. |
| Shingly |
a. |
Abounding with shingle, or gravel. |
| Shinhopple |
n. |
The hobblebush. |
| Shining |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Shine |
| Shining |
a. |
Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. |
| Shining |
a. |
Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity. |
| Shining |
a. |
Having the surface smooth and polished;
said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc. |
| Shining |
n. |
Emission or reflection of light. |
| Shiningness |
n. |
Brightness. |
| Shinned |
imp. & p. p. |
of Shin |
| Shinney |
n. |
The game of hockey;
so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. |
| Shinning |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Shin |
| Shinplaster |
n. |
Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. |
| Shintiism |
n. |
One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. |
| Shintiyan |
n. |
Alt. of Shintyan |
| Shinto |
n. |
Alt. of Shintiism |
| Shintoist |
n. |
An adherent of Shintoism. |
| Shinty |
n. |
A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game. |
| Shintyan |
n. |
A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries. |
| Shiny |
superl. |
Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. |
