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The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse.

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

The fundament; the buttocks.

The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.

The buttock. [Low] Shak.

A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright.

-- Cross breed. See in the Vocabulary. -- Cross breeding. See under Breeding. -- Cross buttock, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. Smollet. -- Cross country, across the country; not by the road. "The cross- country ride." Cowper. -- Cross fertilization, the fertilization of th…

The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

The buttocks or rump of a horse.

The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus. Hume.

The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.

The great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.

To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).

A bone near the middle of the buttock of a horse. Crabb.

(Zoöl.), one of the patches of thickened hairless, and often bright-colored skin, on the buttocks of many apes, as the drill.

the part next below the round or from the lower part of the latter; -- called also mouse buttock.