huckle bone

Huckle \Huc"kle\, n. [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so
   named from its round shape. See {Hook}.]
   1. The hip; the haunch.
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   2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
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   {Huckle bone}.
      (a) The hip bone; the innominate bone.
      (b) A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [R.] --Udall.
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Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hipe, huppe, AS. hype; akin to D. heup, OHG.
   huf, G. h["u]fte, Dan. hofte, Sw. h["o]ft, Goth. hups; cf.
   Icel. huppr, and also Gr. ? the hollow above the hips of
   cattle, and Lith. kumpis ham.]
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   1. The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of
      the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.
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   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.
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   3. (Engin) In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end
      post meets the top chord. --Waddell.
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   {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.
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Cockal \Cock"al\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice. [Obs.]
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   2. The bone used in playing the game; -- called also {huckle
      bone}. [Obs.] --Nares.
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            A little transverse bone
            Which boys and bruckeled children call
            (Playing for points and pins) cockal. --Herrick.
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