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Pyrola elliptica

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 leg; the shank. ``On his shin.''
    --Chaucer.

  2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails.
    --Knight.

    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.