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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.

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.

A shingle; also, a slate for roofing. [Obs.] Holland.

Hockey; shinney. Bartlett.

give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the…

That which shines. Specifically:

See Shyness.

elow. I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.

One who shingles.

A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

Abounding with shingle, or gravel.

The hobblebush.

Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor. "Fish . . . with their fins and shining scales." Milton.

Brightness. J. Spence.

e of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin. Halliwell.

Formerly, a jocose term for a bank note greatly depreciated in value; also, for paper money of a denomination less than a dollar. [U. S.]

A kind of wide loose drawers or trousers worn by women in Mohammedan countries.

One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes. [Written also Sintu, and Sintuism.]

An adherent of Shintoism.