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The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.

The dog-rose.

Having a hip roof.

See Hyp, n. [Colloq.]

To throw by means of a hipe. -- Hip"er (#), n.

A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.

Lame in the hip. [R.] Gower.

A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.

An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the Horse family.

Somewhat hypochondriac; melancholy. See Hyppish. [Colloq.] When we are hipped or in high spirits. R. L. Stevenson.

A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. -- Hip`po*bos"can, a.

See Hippocampus.

Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.

with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. Fairholt.

Same as Centaur.

A cordial made of spiced wine, etc.

A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C. Hippocrates' sleeve, a conical strainer, made by stitching together two adjacent sides of a square piece of cloth, esp. flannel of linen.

Of or pertaining to Hippocrates, or to his teachings. Hippocratic face Etym: [L. facies Hippocratica], the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. The nose is pinched, the eyes are sunk, the temples hollow, the ears cold and retracted, the sk…

The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.