Shin-bone
1Shin bone — Shin 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… …
2shin|bone — «SHIHN BOHN», noun. the inner and thicker of the two bones between the knee and the ankle; tibia …
3shin bone — noun 1. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg • Syn: ↑shin • Hypernyms: ↑cut, ↑cut of meat 2. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle • Syn: ↑tibia, ↑ …
4Shin bone fever — Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs, this disease is also known as trench fever. It is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated… …
5shin·bone — /ˈʃınˌboʊn/ noun, pl bones [count] : the large bone at the front of the leg between the knee and the ankle : ↑tibia …
6shin bone — tibia …
7shin bone — noun the tibia …
8shin-bone — …
9Fever, shin bone — Called shin bone fever because it characteristically causes fever and pain in the legs, this disease is also known as trench fever. It is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is estimated… …
10Shin — 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;… …
