the hip-bone
1Hip bone — Left hip joint, opened by removing the floor of the acetabulum from within the pelvis. Plan …
2Hip bone — 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. The projecting… …
3hip bone — bōn, .bōn n the large flaring bone that makes a lateral half of the pelvis in mammals and is composed of the ilium, ischium, and pubis which are consolidated into one bone in the adult called also innominate bone, os coxae, pelvic bone * * * ( …
4hip bone — noun The innominate bone • • • Main Entry: ↑hip * * * hip bone UK US noun [countable] [singular hip bone plural hip bones] …
5hip|bone — «HIHP BOHN», noun. 1. either of the two, wide irregular bones which, with the lower backbone, form the pelvis in man and other mammals, each consisting of three consolidated bones (the ilium, ischium, and pubis); innominate bone. 2. the upper… …
6hip bone — ► NOUN ▪ a large bone forming the main part of the pelvis on each side of the body …
7hip bone — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms hip bone : singular hip bone plural hip bones one of the two circular bones that make up the pelvis …
8hip bone — upper part of the thigh bone, innominate bone …
9To catch upon the hip — 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. The projecting… …
10To have on the hip — 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. The projecting… …
