Definitions for: Reins

[n] power to control; "the reins of government"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: power, powerfulness

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