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LOIN (through O. Fr. loigne or logne,...

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 923 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOIN (through O. Fr. loigne or logne, mod. See also:lunge, from See also:Lat. Iambus)  , that See also:part of the See also:body in an See also:animal which lies between the upper part of the See also:hip-See also:bone and the last of the false ribs on either See also:side of the back-bone, hence in the plural the See also:general See also:term for the See also:lower part of the human body at the junction with the legs, covered by the See also:loin-See also:cloth, the almost universal garment among See also:primitive peoples . There are also figurative uses of the word, chiefly biblical, due to the loins being the supposed seat of male vigour and See also:power of See also:generation . Apart from these uses the word is a See also:butcher's term for a See also:joint of See also:meat cut from this part of the body . The upper part of a loin of See also:beef is known as the " surloin " (Fr. surlonge, i.e. upper loin) . This has been commonly corrupted into " sirloin," and a See also:legend invented, to See also:account for the name, of a See also:king, See also:James I. or See also:Charles II., knighting a See also:prime joint of beef " See also:Sir Loin " in See also:pleasure at its excellence .

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