Definition of Riens
Reins (rānz), n. pl. [F.
rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren, pl. renes.]
1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys;
the loins.
2. The inward impulses; the affections and
passions; -- so called because formerly supposed to have their seat in
the part of the body where the kidneys are.
My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right
things. Prov. xxiii. 16.
I am he which searcheth the reins and
hearts. Rev. ii. 23.
Reins of a vault (Arch.), the parts
between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having
especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the
vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an
arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because
its reins are not sufficiently filled up.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Plural of rein.
- Third person singular of rein.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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