loins
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Loins are girded, leashes are strained at, die are cast, lights appear at the end of tunnels and wounds are rubbed with salt.
From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2010
There are seven that go forth from the several Vertebra's of the Neck, twelve from those of the Back, five from the Loins, and six from the Os Sacrum, according to the following Progression.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
The Dysentery sometimes commences with an inflammatory Fever; a feverish, hard, full Pulse, with a violent Pain in the Head and Loins, and a stiff distended Belly.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
What Honours are therefore due to One who is in a Direct Male Line, an Immediate Descendant from the Loins of that Great Man!
From A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) by Macey, Samuel L.
From the Knee it descends to the Foot, or mounts to the Hip, to the Loins, the Shoulder-blades, Elbow, Wrist, the Nape of the Neck, and frequently is felt in the intermediate Parts.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
