shinny 1
/shin"ee/ , n. , pl. shinnies , v. , shinnied, shinnying .
n.
1. a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
2. the club used.
v.i.
3. to play shinny.
4. to drive the ball at shinny.
[ 1665-75; var. of shin ye, cry used in the game ]
shinny 2
/shin"ee/ , v.i. , shinnied, shinnying .
to shin: He shinnied up the tree.
[ 1850-55, Amer.; appar. deriv. of SHIN 1 ; source of -y is unclear ]