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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Haunch n.
 1. The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.
 2. Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of venison.
 Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate.
 Haunches of an arch Arch., the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two thirds of the half arch.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hip n.
 1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
 2. Arch. 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.
 3. Engin In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
 Hip bone Anat., the innominate bone; -- called also haunch bone and huckle bone.
 Hip girdle Anat., the pelvic girdle.
 Hip joint Anat., the articulation between the thigh bone and hip bone.
 Hip knob Arch., a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge.
 Hip molding Arch., a molding on the hip of a roof, covering the hip joint of the slating or other roofing.
 Hip rafter Arch., the rafter extending from the wall plate to the ridge in the angle of a hip roof.
 Hip roof, Hipped roof Arch., a roof having sloping ends and sloping sides. See Hip, n., 2., and Hip, v. t., 3.
 Hip tile, a tile made to cover the hip of a roof.
 To catch upon the hip, or To have on the hip, to have or get the advantage of; -- a figure probably derived from wresting. --Shak.
 To smite hip and thigh, to overthrow completely; to defeat utterly. --Judg. xv. 8.