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▪ I. hipping1 north. dial.|ˈhɪpɪŋ|
Also -in, -en.
[f. hip v.1 + -ing1.]
pl. Stepping-stones (by which one ‘hips’ or leaps across a stream).
1703Thoresby Let. to Ray Gloss. (E.D.S.), Hippins, steppings; large stones set in a shallow water at a step's distance from each other, to pass over by. 1828Craven Dial., Hippins, stepping stones, over a river or brook.
b. So hipping-stones, stepping-stones.
1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves Gloss., Hippen-stones. 1850Tales of Kirkbeck Ser. ii. 120 The beck where they usually crossed by the hipping-stones.
▪ II. hipping2, hippen Sc. and north. dial.|ˈhɪpɪŋ, ˈhɪp(ə)n|
[f. hip n.1 + -ing1.]
A napkin wrapt about the hips of an infant.
1768Ross Helenore 13 (Jam.) The first hippen to the green was flung. 1824Carlyle Let. to Mrs. Carlyle 12 Nov. in Froude Life (1882) I. xv. 256 His pap-spoons and his hippings. 1825Brockett, Hippings, cloths for infants. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Hippin, a napkin for the hips of an infant. Also often applied to the curtain of a theatre. |