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  • Etymology: Middle English loyne, from Middle French loigne, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin lumbea, from Latin lumbus; akin to Old English lendenu loins, Old Church Slavonic ledvije

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  • The other arme at libertie, lying all along ouer her left loyne, stretching to the middle of her goodly thigh.

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

  • And even if you could, tracking down a 'loyne of fatt Mutton' in the local supermarket could present a challenge.

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  • Neither is it any where forbidden either to laugh j or to be fatisfied. with meatCjOr to loyne new y oiTe iTions to their ownc olde pofltflios or of their aunccrters, or to be dehted with muficall melodic 5 or to drink wine.

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