Part 4992

<blockquote>Bears that <b>groined</b> coatinually. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Groin</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groin</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>grein</ets> distinction, division, branch; akin to Sw. <ets>gren</ets>, branch, space between the legs, Icel. <ets>greina</ets> to distinguish, divide, Sw. <ets>grena</ets> to branch, straddle. Cf. <er>Grain</er> a branch.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The line between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh, or the region of this line; the inguen.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The surface formed by two such vaults.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Groin</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groin</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Groined</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Groining</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>To fashion into groins; to build with groins.</def>

<blockquote>The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And <b>groined</b> the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Groined</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Groined</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Built with groins; <as>as, a <ex>groined</ex> ceiling; a <ex>groined</ex> vault</as>.</def>

<-- Illustr. of Groined Arch. -->

<h1>Gromet</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grom"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Grommet</er>.</def>

<h1>Gromill</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grom"ill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Gromwell</er>.</def>

<h1>Grommet</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grom"met</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gourmette</ets> curb, curb chain, fr. <ets>gourmer</ets> to curb, thump, beat; cf. Armor. <ets>gromm</ets> a curb, <ets>gromma</ets> to curb.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written <asp>grummet</asp>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place.</def>

<h1>Gromwell</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grom"well</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Called also <ets>gromel</ets>, <ets>grommel</ets>, <ets>graymill</ets>, and <ets>gray</ets> millet, all prob. fr. F. <ets>gr</ets>?<ets>mil</ets>, cf. W. <ets>cromandi</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Lithospermum</spn> (<spn>L. arvense</spn>), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The <stype>German gromwell</stype> is the <stype>Stellera</stype>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>gromill</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Grond</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Grond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>obs. <tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Grind</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gronte</h1> <Xpage=652>

<hw>Gron"te</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>obs. <tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Groan</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer</i>.