Definition of hip

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Hip (n.) 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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Botchery :: Botchery (n.) A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy or careless workmanship..
Average :: Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.
Patriarchy :: Patriarchy (n.) The jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchship.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over..
Hippocrepiform :: Hippocrepiform (a.) Shaped like a horseshoe.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) One of the arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread..
Lode-ship :: Lode-ship (n.) An old name for a pilot boat.
Bedsore :: Bedsore (n.) A sore on the back or hips caused by lying for a long time in bed.
Midshipmen :: Midshipmen (pl. ) of Midshipma.
Copartnership :: Copartnership (n.) A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership..
Astern :: Astern (adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear.
Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..
Spall :: Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface..
Warpage :: Warpage (n.) The act of warping; also, a charge per ton made on shipping in some harbors..
Copartnership :: Copartnership (n.) The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.
Soc :: Soc (n.) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
Seel :: Seel (v. i.) To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea..
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Martyrship :: Martyrship (n.) Martyrdom.
Hiphalt :: Hiphalt (a.) Lame in the hip.
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