To bestir oneself.
1845. The Senator was shinning round to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.—N.Y. Comm. Advertiser, Dec. 13 (Bartlett).
1856. ‘I did not think you’d want to go wallopping him the first thing.’ ‘I will, if he don’t shin round,’ said the virago, ‘and you too.’—H. B. Stowe, ‘Dred,’ ch xxxix.
