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One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction.

A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin. [Written also furil.]

Gastrointestinal.

See Groin.

A heroine. [Obs.] Dryden.

The groin.

Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia. Inguinal ring. See Abdominal ring, under Abdominal.

erties, or as a sweetener. Also used to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. ("excipient" use)

mud. And nuzzling in his flank, the loving swine Sheathed, unaware, the tusk in his soft groin. Shak. He charged through an army of lawyers, sometimes . . . nuzzling like an eel in the mud. Arbuthnot.

ess, volatile, inflammable liquid, found in petroleum, and a constituent of benzene or ligroin.

The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.

m is rather loosely applied to a considerable range of products, including benzine and ligroin. The terms petroleum ether, and naphtha, are sometimes applied to the still more volatile products, including rhigolene, gasoline, cymogene, etc.

The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.

vel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like. "Romances that been royal." Chaucer. Upon these three columns -- chivalry, gallantry, and religion -- repose the fictions of the Middle Ages, especially those known a…

A mangy or scabby creature. "Aroint thee, with!" the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak.

To bite; to gnaw. [Written also roin.] [Obs.] Spenser.

Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written also roinish.] [Obs.] "The roynish clown." Shak.

That which is set off against another thing; an offset. I do not contemplate such a heroine as a set-off to the many sins imputed to me as committed against woman. D. Jerrold.

The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting.

Turmeric oil, a brownish yellow, oily substance extracted from turmeric by ligroin.