Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Haunch \Haunch\ (h[aum]nch; 277), n. [F. hanche, of German
origin; cf. OD. hancke, hencke, and also OHG. ancha; prob.
not akin to E. ankle.]
1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the
pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
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2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of
venison.
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Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
Haunches of an arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the
crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may
be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half
arch.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG.
huf, G. h["u]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h["o]ft, Goth. hups; cf.
Icel. huppr, and also Gr. ? the hollow above the hips of
cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
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1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of
the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
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2. (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two
sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall
plates running in different directions.
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3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end
post meets the top chord. --Waddell.
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Hip bone (Anat.), the innominate bone; -- called also
haunch bone and huckle bone.
Hip girdle (Anat.), the pelvic girdle.
Hip joint (Anat.), the articulation between the thigh bone
and hip bone.
Hip knob (Arch.), a finial, ball, or other ornament at the
intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.
Hip molding (Arch.), a molding on the hip of a roof,
covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.
Hip rafter (Arch.), the rafter extending from the wall
plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.
Hip roof, Hipped roof (Arch.), a roof having sloping ends
and sloping sides. See Hip, n., 2., and Hip, v. t., 3.
Hip tile, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
To catch upon the hip, or To have on the hip, to have or
get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from
wresting. --Shak.
To smite hip and thigh, to overthrow completely; to defeat
utterly. --Judg. xv. 8.
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