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{{Quote||Loin, n. | {{Quote||Loin, n. | ||
1. a. In the living body. Chiefly pl. The parts of a human being or quadruped, situated on both sides of the vertebral column, between the false ribs and the hip bone.}} | 1. a. In the living body. Chiefly pl. The part or parts of a human being or quadruped, situated on both sides of the vertebral column, between the false ribs and the hip-bone.}} | ||
It's secondary meaning in the O.E.D. is defined as follows: | It's secondary, euphemistic meaning in the O.E.D. is defined as follows: | ||
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2. Chiefly Biblical and poet. This part of the body, regarded: | 2. Chiefly Biblical and poet. This part of the body, regarded: | ||
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In Lane's Lexicon entry for sulb includes the following:<ref>sulb - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume4/00000436.pdf Lane's Lexicon Book I page 1712]</ref> | In Lane's Lexicon entry for sulb includes the following:<ref>sulb - [http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume4/00000436.pdf Lane's Lexicon Book I page 1712]</ref> | ||
{{Quote||and any portion of the back containing vertebrae: (S, MSB, TA:) [and particularly the lumbar portion; the loins:] and the back [absolutely]}} | {{Quote||and any portion of the back containing vertebrae: (S, MSB, TA:) [and particularly '''the lumbar portion; the loins''':] and the back [absolutely]}} | ||
He goes on to quote a phrase of the Arabs that features sulb, translating it and explaining as follows: | He goes on to quote a phrase of the Arabs that features sulb, translating it and explaining as follows: | ||