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Groined
Groined Groined, a. (Arch.)
Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.
Groin
Groin Groin, n. [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L. grunnire.]
The snout of a swine. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Groin
Groin Groin, v. i. [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]
To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Bears that groined coatinually. --Spenser.
GroinGroin 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 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.] --Weale.
Meaning of Groined from wikipedia
- anatomy, the
groin, also
known as the
inguinal region or
iliac region, is the
junctional area
between the
torso and the thigh. The
groin is at the front...
- A
groin vault or
groined vault (also
sometimes known as a
double barrel vault or
cross vault) is
produced by the
intersection at
right angles of two barrel...
- A
groin hernia may
refer to:
Inguinal hernia, a
hernia through the
inguinal canal Femoral hernia, a
hernia through the
femoral canal Velpeau hernia, a...
- A
groin attack is a
deliberate strike to the
groin area of one's opponent. The
technique can be
quickly debilitating due to the
sensitivity of the groin...
- Look up
groin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. For
Groin see:
Groin (human body)
Groin attack (technique)
Groyne (sea wall or
river training structure)...
-
medieval undercrofts were
vaulted or
groined, such as the
vaulted chamber at
Beverston Castle in
Gloucestershire or the
groined stores at
Myres Castle. The term...
- By analogy, the term is also used to
describe the
transverse ribs of a
groined vault and for any
crosswise arch in
modern buildings. An arc that goes...
- itch, is a
common type of contagious,
superficial fungal infection of the
groin and
buttocks region,
which occurs predominantly but not
exclusively in men...
- to Australia. It is also
commonly called the small-headed toadlet, red-
groined toadlet or the
chubby gungan. The
wrinkled toadlet is a
small frog, which...
- A
groyne (in the U.S.
groin) is a
rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an
ocean s**** (in
coastal engineering) or a
river bank, interrupting...
