GROINING

Verb

groining

present participle of groin

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


GROIN

Groin, n. Etym: [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.]

Definition: The snout of a swine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Groin, v. i. Etym: [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]

Definition: To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bears that groined coatinually. Spenser.

Groin, n. Etym: [Icel. grein distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. gren, branch, space between the legs, Icel. greina to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena to branch, straddle. Cf. Grain a branch.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

3. (Math.)

Definition: The surface formed by two such vaults.

4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] Weale.

Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined; p. pr. & vb. n. Groining.] (Arch.)

Definition: To fashion into groins; to build with groins. The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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