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Webster 1913 Edition

Hip

Hip

,
Noun.
[OE.
hipe
,
huppe
, AS.
hype
; akin to D.
heup
, OHG.
huf
, G.
hüfte
, Dan.
hofte
, Sw.
höft
, Goth.
hups
; cf. Icel.
huppr
, and also Gr. [GREEK] the hollow above the hips of cattle, and Lith.
kumpis
ham.]
1.
The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
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.
3.
(Engin)
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
Waddell.
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
,
Noun.
, 2., and
Hip
,
Verb.
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.

Hip

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hipped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hipping
.]
1.
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
2.
To throw (one’s adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).
3.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
Hipped roof
.
See
Hip roof
, under
Hip
.

Hip

,
Noun.
[OE.
hepe
, AS.
heópe
; cf. OHG.
hiufo
a bramble bush.]
(Bot.)
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose (
Rosa canina
); called also
rose hip
.
[Written also
hop
,
hep
.]
Hip tree
(Bot.)
,
the dog-rose.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hip

HIP

,
Noun.
The projecting part of an animal formed by the osilium or haunch bone; the haunch, or the flesh that covers the bone and the adjacent parts; the joint of the thigh.
To have on the hip, to have the advantage over one; a low phrase borrowed probably from wrestlers.
Hip and thigh, complete overthrow or defeat. Judges 15.

HIP

,
Verb.
T.
To sprain or dislocate the hip.

HIP

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