Vă-gī'nē, n.

n.; pl. VĀ-GĪ'NÆ. [Lat. vagina, a scabbard or sheath, O. Fr. vagine.]

1. (Anat.) (a.) The canal which leads from the external orifice to the uterus or womb. (b.) Any part which serves as a sheath or envelope to another.
2. (Bot.) The leaf-stalk of those plants in which it becomes thin and rolls round the stem, to which it then forms a sheath.
3. (Arch.) The upper part of the shaft of a terminus, from which the bust or figure seems to issue or arise.