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haunch / hônch; hänch/ • n. 1. a buttock and thigh considered together, in a human or animal. ∎ the leg and loin of an animal, such as a deer, as food: haunch of caribou meat. 2. Archit. the side of an arch, between the crown and the pier. PHRASES: sit on one's haunches squat with the haunches resting on the backs of the heels. |
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"haunch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "haunch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-haunch.html "haunch." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-haunch.html |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "haunch." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "haunch." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-haunch.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "haunch." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-haunch.html |
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haunch XIII. — (O)F. hanche, of Gmc. origin (cf. LG. hanke hind leg of a horse).
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T. F. HOAD. "haunch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "haunch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-haunch.html T. F. HOAD. "haunch." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-haunch.html |
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haunch Hindquarters of deer, see venison.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "haunch." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "haunch." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-haunch.html DAVID A. BENDER. "haunch." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-haunch.html |
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•Romansh
•blanch, Blanche, branch, ranch, tranche
•avalanche
•backbench, bench, blench, clench, Dench, drench, entrench, French, frontbench, quench, stench, tench, trench, wench, wrench
•crossbench • workbench
•cinch, clinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch
•chaffinch • greenfinch • hawfinch
•goldfinch • bullfinch
•carte blanche, conch
•graunch, haunch, launch, paunch, raunch, staunch
•brunch, bunch, crunch, hunch, lunch, munch, punch, scrunch
•honeybunch • keypunch
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"haunch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "haunch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-haunch.html "haunch." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-haunch.html |
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