Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
loin . - noun The
lower abdomen ,groin andgenitalia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen
- noun the lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs
Etymologies
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Examples
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But "loins" is what we should expect, not "belly" (womb), which applies to the woman.
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I’d reached the age where lit-up eyes were a rarity for me, so I could feel the whole notion of her steal up my legs and through my loins and upper body every time thereafter when I happened to see her I love the word loins and would like to bring it back.
Noble Norfleet Reynolds Price 2002
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I’d reached the age where lit-up eyes were a rarity for me, so I could feel the whole notion of her steal up my legs and through my loins and upper body every time thereafter when I happened to see her I love the word loins and would like to bring it back.
Noble Norfleet Reynolds Price 2002
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"The lumbar region is what is commonly called the loins, sir."
Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Samuel Lover 1832
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In our loins are the possibilities of millions of lives.
Chapter 6 2010
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One can only hope that your loins are as barren as your intellect and that you will not have the opportunity to spawn a future generation of hateful little Chrises to carry on your “legacy”.
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She was beginning to understand that this hollow ache she felt in her loins was a direct response to the virile hardness of Webb.
Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983
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She was beginning to understand that this hollow ache she felt in her loins was a direct response to the virile hardness of Webb.
Stands a Calder Man Janet Dailey 1983
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And about his loins was a belt sup - porting a small, fastened case and a long dagger of pointed bone.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
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And about his loins was a belt sup - porting a small, fastened case and a long dagger of pointed bone.
The Stars Are Ours Norton, Andre 1954
john commented on the word loins
"And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel."
I Kings 18: 45-46 (KJV)
October 3, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word loins
A discussion about girding loins and the origins/meaning of the phrase is on gird. (If, in future, anyone's interested.)
October 23, 2008
AnWulf commented on the word loins
girden (up) lendes - to wrap (one's, someone's) loins; cover (one's) nakedness; fig. gird (one's) loins, prepare, get ready.
lend or lende in the singular; lendes or lenden in plural.
October 19, 2011
AnWulf commented on the word loins
Before it was "gird your loins" it was "gird thee lendes"!
Byspels: Tak we þe armor of God..gird þe lendis in trowþ.
October 19, 2011