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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 516 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HIP  . (1) (From O . Eng. hype, a word

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common in various forms to many
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Teutonic
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languages; cf . Dutch heup, and Ger . Hufte), the projecting
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part of the
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body formed by the
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top of the thigh-
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bone and the
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side of the
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pelvis, in quadrupeds generally known as the haunch (see
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JOINTS) . (2) (O . Eng. heope, from same
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root as M.H . Ger. hiefe, a
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thorn-
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bush), the
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fruit of the
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dog-
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rose (
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Rosa
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canina); " hips " are usually joined with " haws," the fruit of the
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hawthorn . HIP-KNOB, in
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architecture, the
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finial on the hip of a roof, between the
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barge-boards of a gable .

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