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.
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.
My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. --Prov. xxiii. 16.
I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts. --Rev. ii. 23.
{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.
By May, Haskie and his appointees had taken hold of the tribal government's reins.
Dick (Simmons) and I believe it is time to hand over the reins to a new generation." Mr. Graham will retain his post as publisher of the Washington Post newspaper.
He ordered the government to remove the RTC as conservator of Franklin and to turn over management reins today to the thrift's chairman, Ernest W. Fleischer.
Because a system of governance based on the arbitrary whims of the corrupt individuals who hold the reins of power has reached the point where it is choking every aspect of our lives.
It might not suit his character to give up power to his central bank; but the risks of holding on to the policy reins outweigh the apparent gains of being able to manipulate interest rates before elections.
He took over the party's reins in 1986 and led it to a narrow loss in 1987.
"Kim Il Sung wants quickly to give reins to his son," the official said. "But the domestic situation doesn't allow that right now."
He concedes that some of Mr. Ezell's comments have been "dumb" or "inappropriate," but he says that "it's a heck of a lot better to have to pull the reins in rather than hit the mule to get him running."
CITICORP TIGHTENS the reins on its major law firms.
In fact, the more the Lord Geller executives chafed, the more he seemed to tighten the reins.
They are expected to open up the economy, which radicals have kept under tight reins, and to build bridges with the West, although that could take time.
He took the reins of the party less than two months before Gonzalez, on Aug. 25, issued the call for this election.
Mr. DeGroote plans to hand over the reins of the company to Donald Jackson, Laidlaw's newly arrived president. Although Mr. Jackson hasn't been appointed chief executive, Laidlaw officials say he will be in control of the company.
Other traders noted the Federal Reserve didn't drain reserves from the banking system yesterday as many had expected, leading some to believe that the Fed was easing its grip on the country's credit reins.
"Pete and Jeff and Joe Jr. have taken over the reins and are doing most of the work.
"It was a well-rounded quarter," said Mr. Davis, who took over the reins of the company a year ago, in an interview.
Their number is growing more rapidly than ethnic Russians who hold the reins of political power.
He said he and his 16 children would like to open their own business but that he won't invest his savings until satisfied that Gadhafi won't pull in the reins on the freer economy.
His predecessor, Robert M. Ginn, 64, last week stepped down as chairman three months ahead of schedule to give Mr. Miller the reins.
Analysts had expected the Fed to tighten its reins on the money supply this week, but few were expecting an increase in the discount rate, which is the most dramatic move the Fed can take.
In a part of the world where governments control nearly everything to do with phones, she began loosening the reins.
While Bush takes over the reins of power, Reagan plans to saddle a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Indeed, the Fed is thought by some analysts to have pulled in the reins a bit this week in anticipation of the employment report.
But after a year, he moved to another account, and Charles Evans took the reins briefly before being dismissed.
By the time Hirsch left to take the artistic reins of the Shakespeare festival in Stratford, Ontario, Sullivan was well into his new-play program.
On Capitol Hill, some saw the move as forced by tight reins on the health budget.
Among other things, he listed what he would do if he suddenly had to take the reins of power _ including quick action to make sure the Soviets didn't try to take advantage of a U.S. crisis.
But he attaches one cautionary note to his optimistic view _ that the Fed refrains from giving "another jerk on the reins" by tightening credit.
Still, the manner of his leaving was not something that instills confidence that Mr. Bush has decisively seized the reins.
The man born to be chairman of Barclays is facing unrest in his realm. Andrew Buxton is scion of one of the families which has held the reins at Britain's biggest bank for a century.