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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 See also:

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

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