REIN  , a guiding or controlling See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather strap or thong, attached to the See also:

• BIT (from the verb " to bite," either in the sense of a piece bitten off, or an act of biting, or a thing that bites or is bitten)

bit of a ridden or driven See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse (see See also:

• SADDLERY

SADDLERY) . The word is taken from the O . Fr. rene, See also:

• MODERN

modern rem, and is usually traced to a supposed See also:

• LATE

Late Latin substantive retina formed from retinere, to hold back, restrain, cf. classical Latin retinaculum, halter . The word, usually in the plural, has been often used figuratively, as a type of that which guides, restrains or controls, e.g. in such phrases as the " reins of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government," &c . The " reins," i.e. the kidneys (See also:

• LAT

Lat. renes, cf . Gr . 4piiv, the midriff), or the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where the kidneys are situated, hence the loins, also, figuratively, the seat of the emotions or affections, must be distinguished .