Groin

[grɒɪn] or [ɡrɔɪn]

Definition

(noun.) a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults.

(noun.) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals.

(verb.) build with groins; 'The ceiling was groined'.

Inputed by Frances--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The snout of a swine.

(v. i.) To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur.

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

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

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

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

(v. t.) To fashion into groins; to build with groins.

Inputed by Cole

Definition

n. the part of the body on either side of the belly where the thigh joins the trunk: (archit.) the angular curve formed by the crossing of two arches.—v.t. to form into groins to build in groins.—n. Groin′-cen′tring the centring of timber during construction.—adj. Groined having angular curves made by the intersection of two arches.—n. Groin′ing.—Underpitch groining a kind of vaulting used when the main vault of a groined roof is higher than the transverse intersecting vault as in St George's Chapel Windsor—sometimes called Welsh groining.

v.i. (obs.) to grunt to growl.

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