reins

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REINS, noun plural [Latin ren, renes.] 1. The kidneys; the lower part of the back. 2. In Scripture, the inward parts; the heart, or seat of the affections and passions. Psalms 73:21.
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