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groin, in oceanography: see coast protection coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the beach and the inevitable losses caused by wave erosion. ..... Click the link for more information. . groyne (esp US), groin a wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion groin [grȯin] (anatomy) Depression between the abdomen and the thigh. (architecture) The projecting edge at the intersection of two vaults. (civil engineering) A barrier built out from a seashore or riverbank to protect the land from erosion and sand movements, among other functions. Also known as groyne; jetty; spur dike; wing dam. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But while Martial develops his poem simply as a defense of his morals and the permissibility of obscenity in epigram, Panormita mingles this argument with a piquant description of his work's lubricious content: "Elicit hoc cuivis tristi rigidoque cachinnos/cuique, vel Hippolyto, concitat inguen opus" (This work teases loud laughter even from the mirthless; it stirs the member even of Hippolytus) (Herm. |
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