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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reins \Reins\ (r[=a]nz), 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
reins
n : power to control; "the reins of government"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Reins
the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections;
used metaphorically for "heart." The reins" and the heart" are
often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral
constitution of man (Ps. 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer. 17:10,
etc.).
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