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Webster 1913 Edition
Groin
Groin
,Verb.
I.
[F.
grogner
to grunt, grumble.] To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bears that
groined
coatinually. Spenser.
Groin
,Noun.
[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.)
The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.
2.
(Arch.)
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
3.
(Math.)
The surface formed by two such vaults.
4.
A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
[Eng.]
Weale.
Groin
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Groined
(groind)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Groining
.] (Arch.)
To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
The hand that rounded Peter’s dome,
And
Wrought in a sad sincerity.
And
groined
the aisles of Christian Rome,Wrought in a sad sincerity.
Emerson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Groin
GROIN
, n.1.
The depressed part of the human body between the belly and the thigh.2.
Among builders, the angular curve made by the intersection of two semi-cylinders or arches.3.
The snout or nose of a swine.GROIN
,Verb.
I.