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Shinning
(as "shin up") 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.
📖 Definitions of "Shinning"
verb
- 1
(as "shin up") 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.
"to shin up a mast"
- 2
To strike with the shin.
- 3
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
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