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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REIN , a guiding or controlling See also:

leather strap or thong, attached to the See also:bit of a ridden or driven See also:horse (see See also:SADDLERY). The word is taken from the O. Fr. rene, See also:modern rem, and is usually traced to a supposed See also: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," &c. The " reins," i.e. the kidneys (See also:Lat. renes, cf. Gr. 4piiv, the midriff), or the See also:place where the kidneys are situated, hence the loins, also, figuratively, the seat of the emotions or affections, must be distinguished.

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