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Groin   /grɔɪn/   Listen
noun
groin  n.  The snout of a swine. (Obs.)



Groin  n.  
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.)



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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"Groin" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dog Canine Day Diurnal, meridian, ephemeral Disease Morbid East Oriental Egg Oval Ear Auricular Eye Ocular Flesh Carnal, carnivorous Father Paternal Field Agrarian Flock Gregarious Foe Hostile Fear Timorous, timid Finger Digital Flattery Adulatory Fire Igneous Faith Fiducial Foot Pedal Groin Inguinal Guardian Tutelar Glass Vitreous Grape Uveous Grief Dolorous Gain Lucrative Help Auxiliary Heart Cordial, cardiac Hire Stipendiary Hurt Noxious Hatred Odious Health Salutary, salubrious Head Capital, chief Ice ...
— Lectures on Language - As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. • William S. Balch

... under, thrusts in flanconade and tierce, feint and double-feint, and sudden disengagements. The sweat trickled down the vicomte's face; Victor's forehead glistened with moisture. Suddenly Victor stooped; swift as the tongue of an adder his blade bit deeply into the vicomte's groin, making a terrible wound. The vicomte caught his breath in a gasp ...
— The Grey Cloak • Harold MacGrath

... church which is furnished with mullion and gable, With altar and reredos, with gargoyle and groin, The penitents' dresses are sealskin and sable, ...
— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 4 (of 4) • Various

... of his escape, for he could not swim. In this situation he was fired upon with a blunderbuss loaded heavily with ball and grape shot. The overseer who shot the gun was at a distance of a few feet only. The charge entered the body of the negro near the groin. He was conveyed to the plantation, lingered in inexpressible agony a few days and expired. A physician was called, but medical and surgical skill was unavailing. No notice whatever was taken of this murder by the public authorities, and ...
— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... cruel it may be, must be sufficiently agonizing to feel that utter inactivity is forced upon him, at the very instant that his country is most in need of the services he would cheerfully render. In the last attack of the Hessians, Williams received a severe and dangerous shot wound in the groin, though he entirely recovered from its effects in due time. His career was suddenly checked, and he was doomed to languish fifteen months, before he again saw the sun shine on his freedom. The first half of his captivity, though painful enough to an ardent patriot, ...
— A sketch of the life and services of Otho Holland Williams • Osmond Tiffany


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