1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hip-knob
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HIP-KNOB, in architecture, the finial on the hip of a roof, between the barge-boards of a gable.
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HIP-KNOB, in architecture, the finial on the hip of a roof, between the barge-boards of a gable.