Hypertext Webster Gateway: "kidneys"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Kidney \Kid"ney\, n.; pl. {Kidneys}. [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from
Icel. koi?r belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwip womb)
+ OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro,
Icel. n?ra, Dan. nyre, Sw. njure, and probably to Gr. (?) Cf.
{Kite} belly.]
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