groins
plural of groin
• Gorins, O-rings, girons, grison, rosing, signor, soring
Source: Wiktionary
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
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
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