groin (2)
1groin — groin …
2groin — [ grwɛ̃ ] n. m. • gruing 1190; lat. pop. °grunnium, de grunnire → grogner ♦ Museau (du porc, du sanglier), et par ext. Museau tronqué et propre à fouir. Les porcs « enfonçaient en terre leur groin » (Flaubert). Extrémité du groin. ⇒ boutoir. ♢… …
3groin — 1590s, earlier grine (1530s), from M.E. grynde groin (c.1400), originally depression in the ground, from O.E. grynde abyss, perhaps also depression, hollow, from P.Gmc. *grundus (see GROUND (Cf. ground)). Altered 16c. by influence of loin or… …
4Groin — Groin, n. [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.] The snout of a swine. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …
5Gróin — / Groin A descendant of the royal line of Durin s Folk. An important figure in the royal genealogies of the Dwarves, Gróin was the grandson of Borin, the younger son of King Náin II, and so could claim direct descent from Durin the… …
6groin — groin, groyne The groin is the part of the body between the belly and thigh; a groyne (AmE groin) is a low wall or timber framework built out from a sea shore to prevent beach erosion …
7groin — GROIN. s. m. Museau de cochon. Les cochons foüillent avec leur groin. un groin de cochon …
8Groin — Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Groined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Groining}.] (Arch.) To fashion into groins; to build with groins. [1913 Webster] The hand that rounded Peter s dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity.… …
9Groin — Groin, v. i. [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.] To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Bears that groined coatinually. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …
10Groin — Groin, n. [Icel. grein distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. gren, branch, space between the legs, Icel. greina to distinguish, divide, Sw. grena to branch, straddle. Cf. {Grain} a branch.] 1. (Anat.) The line between the lower part of the… …