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Webster 1913 Edition

Rein

Rein

(r?n)
,
Noun.
[F.
rêne
, fr. (assumed) LL.
retina
, fr. L.
retinere
to hold back. See
Retain
.]
1.
The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.
This knight laid hold upon his
reyne
.
Chaucer.
2.
Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint.
“Let their eyes rove without rein.”
Milton.
To give rein
,
To give the rein to
,
to give license to; to leave withouut restrain.
–
To take the reins
,
to take the guidance or government; to assume control.

Rein

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reined
(r?nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Reining
.]
1.
To govern or direct with the reins;
as, to
rein
a horse one way or another
.
He mounts and
reins
his horse.
Chapman.
2.
To restrain; to control; to check.
Being once chafed, he can not
Be
reined
again to temperance.
Shakespeare

Rein

,
Verb.
I.
To be guided by reins.
[R.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rein

REIN

,
Noun.
[L. retina, retinaculum. If contracted from the Latin, it is from retineo, otherwise from the root of arrest.]
1.
The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider of a horse restrains and governs him.
2.
The instrument of curbing, restraining or governing; government.
To give the reins, to give license; to leave without restraint.
To take the reins, to take the guidance or government.

REIN

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To govern by a bridle.
2.
To restrain; to control.

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