Haunch bone. See Innominate bone, under Innominate. -- Haunches of an
arch (Arch.), the parts on each side of the crown of an arch. (See
Crown, n., 11.) Each haunch may be considered as from one half to two
thirds of the half arch.
Haunched (h‰ncht), a. Having haunches.
Haunt (h‰nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Haunting.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL.
ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta
to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). √36.] 1. To
frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or
intrusively; to intrude upon.
You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.
Shak.
Those cares that haunt the court and town.
Swift.
2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or
apparition.
Foul spirits haunt my resting place.
Fairfax.