See also: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
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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
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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
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The upper part of a loin of See also:beef is known as the " surloin " (Fr. surlonge, i.e. upper loin)
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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
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
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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