 | John Henry Parker - Architecture - 1845 - 438 pages
...Paruh Acet». of wigtoft, Lincolnshire, AD us; HIP. The external angle formed by the meeting of the sloping sides of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions : thus, when a roof has the end sloped back, instead of finishing with a gable, the angles (AB-BC)... | |
 | J. A. Beil - 1855 - 756 pages
...Die langen Bander •:• Pentures, /. pi. Hip, ». (the external angle formed by the meeting of the sloping sides of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions) * Der Grath, Grat * Arete, /. Hip, Hip-strap-tug of the breeching of a wheelharness, see Breeching.... | |
 | English language - 1871 - 1024 pages
...The lateral parte of the pelvis and tbe thigh-joint, with the flesh covering them ; the haunch ;— the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. [rose or sweet-briar. Hip, (hip) «. [A.-S. heap, hiop.] The fruit of the dogHipped, (hipd) a. Melancholy;... | |
 | Thomas Roger Smith - Agriculture - 1880 - 288 pages
...within the curve ; whether filled in by masonry or left open, sometimes called a tympanum. HIP. — The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof where there is no gable. HOTEL (French). — A town mansion. IMPOST. — A moulding or other line marking... | |
 | John Morris (author of The new nation.) - 1880 - 620 pages
...Ab, carpenters. English Hip, 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. (Webster's Dict, by Goodrich French Romn Hobe, a cabin or small house. [and Porter.) Low Latin —... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1892 - 440 pages
...reference. — n. Slight mention ; intimation ; suggestion. Hip (hTp), n. Joint of the thigh ; haunch ; external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. — vt [HIPPED (hïpt) ; HIPPING.] To dislocate the hip ; to disable. Hip (lap), n. Fruit of the dog-rose.... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1892 - 568 pages
...reference. — n. Slight mention ; intimation; suggestion. Hip (hip), n. Joint of the thigh ; haunch ; external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. —T. t. [HIPPED (bTpt) ; HIPPING.] To dislocate the hip; to lame; to disable. Hip (htp), n. Fruit... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1892 - 568 pages
...n. The land or region lying behind the coast district. Hip (htp), n. Joint of the thigh ; haunch ; external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. — vt [HIPPED (htpt); HIPPING.] To diUocate the hip of ; to lame. Hip (htp), n. Fruit of the dog-rose.... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1892 - 444 pages
...-länt), n. Land behind a district along the coast. Hip (hip), n. Joint of the thigh ; haunch ; ex* ternal angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. —vt [HIPPED (hTpt) ; HIPPING.] To dislocate the hip ; to disable. Hip (hip), n. Fruit of the dog-rose.... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1895 - 748 pages
...Suggestion ; allueion. See SUOOB-STION. Hip (bin), n. [AS. hype.] 1. Joint of the thigh ; haunch. 2 External angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof.— t. 1. To dislocate the hip of. 2. To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling. 3. To make... | |
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Hip. — The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides of a roof. Hip roof. — A roof that rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building. 
