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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reins \Reins\ (r[=a]nz), n. pl. [F. rein, pl. reins, fr. L. ren,
     pl. renes.]
     1. The kidneys; also, the region of the kidneys; the loins.
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     2. The inward impulses; the affections and passions; -- so


        called because formerly supposed to have their seat in the
        part of the body where the kidneys are.
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              My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
                                                    --Prov. xxiii.
                                                    16.
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              I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. --Rev.
                                                    ii. 23.
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     {Reins of a vault} (Arch.), the parts between the crown and
        the spring or abutment, including, and having especial
        reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of
        the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the
        haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by
        thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not
        sufficiently filled up.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reins
       n : power to control; "the reins of government"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "reins":
     Oregon boat, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bellyband, bilbo,
     bit, blinders, blinds, bond, bonds, breeching, bridle, camisole,
     caparison, cavesson, chains, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband,
     cinch, collar, crownband, crupper, cuffs, curb, fetter, gag,
     gag swivel, girth, gyves, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs,
     hamper, handcuffs, harness, headgear, headstall, helm, hip straps,
     hobbles, hopples, irons, jaquima, jerk line, leading strings,
     leash, lines, manacle, martingale, muzzle, noseband, pillory,
     pole strap, reins of government, restraint, restraints, ribbons,
     rudder, saddle, shackle, shaft tug, side check, snaffle, stocks,
     straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold,
     surcingle, tack, tackle, tether, tiller, trammel, trammels,
     trappings, tug, wheel, winker braces, yoke
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Reins
     the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections;
     used metaphorically for "heart." The "reins" and the "heart" are
     often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral
     constitution of man (Ps. 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer. 17:10,
     etc.).
     

















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