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   groin , n. [F. groin, fr. grogner to grunt, L.  grunnire.] The snout of a swine. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   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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   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.]
   (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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   (Arch.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.
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   (Math.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
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   A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.]
   Weale.
   
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   Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined ; 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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