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Definition of Loins
1. Noun. The lower part of the abdomen just above the external genital organs.
Generic synonyms: Area, Region
Terms within: Mons, Mons Pubis, Mons Veneris
2. Noun. The region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen.
Definition of Loins
1. Noun. (plural of loin) ¹
2. Noun. The lower abdomen, groin and genitalia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loins
1. loin [n] - See also: loin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loins
Literary usage of Loins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Review (1850)
"But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him will I
give power to bring forth my word unto the seed of thy loins ; and not to the ..."
2. The Anatomy of the Human Body .. by John Bell, Charles Bell (1802)
"... for a freer motion in the loins. The BODY of a lumbar vertebra is particularly
large ... cartilage is nearly as long : fo that the vertebra of the loins ..."
3. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The length of the body is about an inch, and the intervertebral cartilage is very
considerable ; so that the vertebra of the loins present to the eye, ..."
4. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... with open jaw and foaming fang, And groans indignant from his heart a groan,
And lashes either side his flanks and loins, Spurring himself to battle, ..."
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