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noun

groin n. The snout of a swine. (Obs.)

Groin n.

(Anat.) The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

(Arch.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.

(Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.

A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. (Eng.)

verb

Groin v. t. (past & past part. groined; pres. part. groining) (Arch.) 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."

Groin v. i. To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. (Obs.) "Bears that groined coatinually."

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Etymology of 'Groin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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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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