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Main Entry: loin
Pronunciation: 'loin
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English loyne, from Middle French loigne, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin lumbea, from Latin lumbus; akin to Old English lendenu loins, Old Church Slavonic ledvije
Date: 14th century
1 a : the part of a human being or quadruped on each side of the spinal column between the hipbone and the false ribs b : a cut of meat comprising this part of one or both sides of a carcass with the adjoining half of the vertebrae included but without the flank
2 plural a : the upper and lower abdominal regions and the region about the hips b (1) : the pubic region (2) : the generative organs
Main Entry: 1gird
Pronunciation: 'g&rd
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gyrdan; akin to Old English geard yard -- more at YARD
Date: before 12th century
Inflected Form(s): gird.ed /'g&r-d&d/; or girt /'g&rt/; gird.ing
transitive senses
1 a : to encircle or bind with a flexible band (as a belt) b : to make fast (as a sword by a belt or clothing with a cord) c : SURROUND
2 : PROVIDE, EQUIP; especially : to invest with the sword of knighthood
3 : to prepare (oneself) for action
intransitive senses : to prepare for action
- gird one's loins : to prepare for action : muster up one's resources
