groining

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groining - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Groin \Groin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined (groind); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Groining.] (Arch.)
     To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
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           The hand that rounded Peter's dome,
           And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
           Wrought in a sad sincerity.              --Emerson.
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