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To smite hip and thigh
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.] 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. --Waddell. 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.

Meaning of Thigh from wikipedia

- anatomy, the thigh is the area between the hip (pelvis) and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb. The single bone in the thigh is called...
- femur (/ˈfiːmər/; pl.: femurs or femora /ˈfɛmərə/), or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh — the region of the lower limb between the hip and the...
- a thigh strap or thigh band may refer to any kind of strap that is worn around the thigh, either as a single item or as part of another piece of clothing...
- A thigh gap is a space between the inner thighs of some women when standing upright with knees touching. In the 21st century, some people in the West...
- are a group of muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh mostly used for bringing the thighs together (called adduction). The adductor group is made...
- Look up thigh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In anatomy, the thigh is the area of the lower extremity between the knee and the pelvis. Thigh may also...
- John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and political activist...
- The ThighMaster is an exercise product designed to shape one's thighs. The device is essentially two pieces of metal tube bent in a loop and connected...
- Hold-ups or stay-ups (in the United States also referred to as thigh-high stockings or simply thigh highs) are stockings with an elasticized band at the top...
- lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (also called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve) is a cutaneous nerve of the thigh. It originates from the dorsal...