loin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
loin/lɔɪn/
▶noun
- 1 the part of the body on both sides of the spine between the lowest ribs and the hip bones.
■ a joint of meat that includes the vertebrae of the loins.
- 2 (loins) literary the region of the sexual organs, regarded as the source of erotic or procreative power.
– origin ME: from OFr. loigne, based on L. lumbus.
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