GROINS
Noun
groins
plural of groin
Anagrams
• Gorins, O-rings, girons, grison, rosing, signor, soring
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