Reins

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. The kidneys, loins, or lower back.
  • noun-plural. The seat of the affections and passions.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The kidneys.
  • n. The lower part of the back.
  • n. Plural form of rein.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rein.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
  • noun-plural. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • The kidneys or renes.
  • Hence The region of the kidneys; the loins, or lower parts of the back on each side.
  • The seat of the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be situated in that part of the body; hence, also, the emotions and affections themselves.
  • Word Usage
    "Some boomers have inherited the reins is all, and some of us will inherit the reins from them."
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kidney    loin   
    Verb Stem
    rein   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Danes    Janes    Keynes    Mainz    Manes    Plains    Raines    Staines    attains    bains