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Pronunciation : Groin
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.]
Definition : Defn: The snout of a swine. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Groin
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]
Definition : Defn: To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] Chaucer. Bears that groined coatinually. Spenser.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Groin
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 1. (Anat.)

Defn: The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.

2. (Arch.)

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

3. (Math.)

Defn: The surface formed by two such vaults.

4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] Weale.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Groin
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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. Emerson.

t. [imp. & p. p. Groined; p. pr. & vb. n. Groining.] (Arch.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913