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Rein
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- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
- 2 A kidney. archaic, plural
"a man subject to these like imaginations[…]hath often the stone imaginarily, before he have it in his reines[…]."
- 3 Acronym of repetitive electrical impulse noise. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 4 one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse wordnet
- 5 An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing. figuratively
"The government is attempting to keep a rein on rising prices."
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- 6 The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
"My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things."
- 7 any means of control wordnet
- 1 To direct or stop a horse by using reins. transitive
"He mounts and reins his horse."
- 2 keep in check wordnet
- 3 To restrain; to control; to check. transitive
"Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance."
- 4 stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins wordnet
- 5 To obey directions given with the reins. intransitive
"She worked each horse at a walk, trot, and then a canter. The horses reined well and executed stops quickly."
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- 6 stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins wordnet
- 7 control and direct with or as if by reins wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne. Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”).
From Middle English rein, reyne, from Anglo-Norman reyne, resne, from Early Medieval Latin retina, ultimately from Classical Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“keep, hold”). Compare modern French rêne. Displaced native Old English brīdel (“bridle, rein”), Old English wealdleþer, ġewealdleþer (“rein, bridle”, literally “control strap”), Old English sāl (“cord, rein”), Old English tiġel (“rein”), and Old English lāttēh, lāttēh (“leash, rein”).
From Anglo-Norman reines, Middle French reins, and their source, Latin rēnēs. Doublet of ren.
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą. * As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.
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