SHIN
- to climb by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs [v SHINNED, SHINNING, SHINS]
- to climb by gripping with the hands and legs, also SHINNY [v SHINNED, SHINNING, SHINS]
- Japanese offshoot of the Pure Land Sect, requiring only faith in Amida for salvation through his accumulated merit
- the 13th letter of the Arabic alphabet
- the front of the leg from the knee to the ankle