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Groin

noun

The crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals. Synonym: inguen.

A curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults.

A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away. Synonyms: breakwater, bulwark, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall.

verb

(past & past part. groined; pres. part. groining)

Build with groins.

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"Groin" Quotes from Famous Books

... bowed her head between her arms and sobbed, some one in the room grunted like a wild beast, and something sharp—knife, sword, or spear,—thrust at Trejago in his boorka. The stroke missed his body, but cut into one of the muscles of the groin, and he limped slightly from the wound for the rest ...

— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... upon the deck without breaking his skin. By a singular coincidence, fifteen minutes later a shot from one of the "Saratoga's" guns struck the muzzle of a twenty-four on the "Confiance," and, dismounting it, hurled it against Capt. Downie's groin, killing him instantly without breaking the skin; a black mark about the size of a small plate ...

— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot

... from a round corbel above the lowest string and rises to the impost of the arches, being banded twice on the way; and from its capital another shaft runs up to the ceiling. The doors to the spiral staircases open into little square lobbies which have vaults with groin-ribs springing from corbels.[56] In the north tower is a modern ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon - A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric • Cecil Walter Charles Hallett

... mid-stream rose No. 2, "One-Tree Island," Zunga chya Nlemba or Shika chya Nzondo; in Tuckey it is called Boola Beca or Blemba (the husband) Rock; the old ficus dying at the head, was based upon a pedestal which appeared groin-shaped from the east. Here the mirage was very distinct, and the canoes seemed to fly, ...

— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... controlled my fear, and saw my trousers torn. My first wound had deadened my leg, but I felt no great pain—the leg was numb. The new blow was torture. I managed to take down my clothing, and saw a great blue-black spot on my groin. I was confused, and wondered where the bullet went, ...

— Who Goes There? • Blackwood Ketcham Benson

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