Usually means: Architectural technique for intersecting vaults.
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  1. groining: Merriam-Webster
  2. groining: Collins English Dictionary
  3. groining: Vocabulary.com
  4. groining: Wordnik
  5. groining: Wiktionary
  6. groining: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Groining, groining: Dictionary.com
  8. Groining: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Groining: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. groining: FreeDictionary.org
  11. groining: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. groining: Encyclopedia

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  1. groining: Medical dictionary

(Note: See groin as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (groin)

noun:  The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
noun:  The area adjoining this fold or depression.
noun:  (architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
noun:  (geometry) The surface formed by two such vaults.
noun:  (euphemistic) The genitals.
verb:  To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
verb:  (architecture) To build with groins.
verb:  (literary, transitive) To hollow out; to excavate.
verb:  To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
noun:  Alternative spelling of groyne [An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.]
▸ Also see groin


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