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Webster 1913 Edition


Loin

Loin

,
Noun.
[OE.
loine
, OF.
logne
, F.
longe
, from (assumed) LL.
lumbea
, L.
lumbus
join. Cf.
Lends
,
Lumbar
,
Nombles
.]
1.
That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of
Beef
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Loin

LOIN

,
Noun.
[L. clumis.]
The loins are the space on each side of the vertebrae, between the lowest of the false ribs and the upper portion of the os ilium or haunch bone, or the lateral portions of the lumbar region; called also the reins.

Definition 2024


lóin

lóin

See also: loin

Irish

Noun

lóin m

  1. genitive singular of lón