- Human hip - Rump, hindquarter - The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the
pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part. - Of meats: The leg and loin taken together; as, a haunch of
venison.
- District - One fourth - One of four - Three months - One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or
is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a
dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. - The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds,
according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds. - The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain;
as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.