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Rein   /reɪn/   Listen
noun
Rein  n.  
1.
The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse. "This knight laid hold upon his reyne."
2.
Hence, an instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing; government; restraint. "Let their eyes rove without rein."
To give rein, To give the rein to, to give license to; to leave withouut restrain.
To take the reins, to take the guidance or government; to assume control.



verb
Rein  v. t.  (past & past part. reined; pres. part. reining)  
1.
To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. "He mounts and reins his horse."
2.
To restrain; to control; to check. "Being once chafed, he can not Be reined again to temperance."
To rein in or To rein up,
(a)
to check the speed of, or cause to stop, by drawing the reins. Hence,
(a)
to cause (a person) to slow down or cease some activity; to rein in is used commonly of superiors in a chain of command, ordering a subordinate to moderate or cease some activity deemed excessive.



Rein  v. i.  To be guided by reins. (R.)






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"Rein" Quotes from Famous Books



... yet turbid eye, that although delight and exultation were prevalent in his breast, he was by no means free from visitations of a dark and painful character. These he endeavored to fling off, and in order to do so more effectually, he gave a loose rein to the contemplation of his own successful ambition. Yet he occasionally appeared anxious and uneasy, and felt disturbed and gloomy fits that irritated him even for entertaining them. He was more than usually nervous; his ...
— The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... all times particularly friendly and harmonious. While they were always directors who directed instead of mere figureheads, they nevertheless were broad enough and wise enough to give the Principal a very free rein. Preeminent among the able and devoted Trustees of Tuskegee was the late William H. Baldwin, Jr. In order to commemorate his life and work the William H. Baldwin, Jr., Memorial Fund of $150,000 was raised by a committee of distinguished men, ...
— Booker T. Washington - Builder of a Civilization • Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe

... upon the Plain, That had trembled when the slain, Hurled their proud, defiant curses at the battle-heated foe, When the steed dashed right and left, Through the bloody gaps he cleft, When the bridle-rein was broken, and the rider ...
— Hesperus - and Other Poems and Lyrics • Charles Sangster

... was mounted on a superb horse belonging to Lieutenant Cutler, which he had taken out to exercise, and, seeing that the Indians would head them off, and that Bentz, who was riding an old mule, could not keep up, he gave the powerful brute rein, and shot down the caƱon like an arrow. He passed the intervening Indians in safety, just as three of them dashed out of a pocket in the bluff and ...
— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

... both it and its rider to a sudden death. With the ordinary mountain pony, for the horses are practically only that, it is not necessary to guide it—in fact it might be dangerous. The Montenegrin rides with a loose rein over the most ticklish ground, only tightening his grip on descending a very steep hill to help his ...
— The Land of the Black Mountain - The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro • Reginald Wyon


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