reins

The kidneys, loins, or lower back.

The seat of the affections and passions.

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.

The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.

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 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.

Plural form of rein.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rein.