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loin

loin \'lo.in\ n [ME loyne, fr. MF loigne, fr. (assumed VL lumbea fr. L 
   lum]bus; akin to OE lendenu loins, OSlav lecidilla>dvibreve>jecidilla> 1a: 
   the part of part of a human being or quadruped on each side of the spin al 
   column between the hipbone and the false ribs 1b: a cut of meat comprising 
   this part of one or both sides of a carcass wi th the adjoining half of the 
   vertebrae included but without the flank pl  2a: the upper and lower 
   abdominal regions and the region about the hips  2b1: the pubic region  
   2b2: the generative organs