hugginn.
dialect.
The hip-bone, esp. of a horse or cow.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > (miscellaneous) parts of
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [noun] > hip bone
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > hip or type of > hip bone
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1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 28 His Ribs elevate and round near the Huggon or Haunch-Bones.
1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 205 From his huggin or hip bone to the root of his tail, 2 ft. 1 in.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Huggan, the hipbone of a horse or cow.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Huggon, the hip-bone of a horse.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Huggin, the hip. I was always a poor shortwaisted thing, my huggins come up so high.
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