HIP

n. Hi2p. A.-S., heap, heop, heope, hiop, Mope. Mid. E., hiipe,hipe. Gr., \.<r\iov (1st def.). Lat.,coora (1st def.). Fr.,hanche (1st def.). Ger., Hiifte (1st def.). 1. The region of the junction of the trunk with the lower limb, especially the projection of the femoral trochanter above the h. joint. [A, 343.] 2. The fruit of Rosa can in a and of Prunus spinosa. [A, 505 (a, 21).] 3. See HYP. H. disease. See MORBUS coxarius.W.. pestilence. See QUEBRABUNDA. [s. 341]