Rein vs Hilt - What's the difference?
rein | hilt |
A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
(figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
* Milton
To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
* Chapman
To restrain; to control; to check.
* Shakespeare
A kidney.
*, II.12:
*:a man subject to these like imaginations.
*1611 , (King James Bible), :
*:He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins .
The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
*Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16
*:My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
*Bible, Revelations ii. 23
*:I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
The base of the penis
{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2
, he draws it again, and just wetting it with spittle, re-enters, and with ease sheath'd it now up to the hilt }}
As verbs the difference between rein and hilt
is that rein is to give while hilt is to provide with a hilt.As a noun hilt is
the handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.rein
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) reyne, from (etyl) resne (Modern French .Noun
(en noun)- Let their eyes rove without rein .
Verb
(en verb)- He mounts and reins his horse.
- Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.