[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark, seawall, jetty]
VERB (1)
1. build with groins;
- Example: "The ceiling was groined"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
groin \groin\ (groin), n. [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L.
grunnire.]
The snout of a swine. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Groin \Groin\, v. i. [F. grogner to grunt, grumble.]
To grunt to growl; to snarl; to murmur. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Bears that groined coatinually. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Groin \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.
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2. (Arch.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting
of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the
summit.
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3. (Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
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4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and
retain shingle. [Eng.] --Weale.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Groin \Groin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined (groind); p. pr. &
vb. n. Groining.] (Arch.)
To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
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The hand that rounded Peter's dome,
And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
Wrought in a sad sincerity. --Emerson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
groin
n 1: 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 [syn: groin, inguen]
2: a curved edge formed by two intersecting vaults
3: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, bulwark,
seawall, jetty]
v 1: build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"