Meaning of JOWL
| Pronunciation: | | jawl
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- [n] the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth
- [n] a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
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| | Synonyms: | | jawbone, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, submaxilla |
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| | See Also: | | articulator, bone, condylar process, condyloid process, coronoid process of the mandible, face, feature, gnathion, gonion, human face, jaw, lantern jaw, lineament, mandibular condyle, mandibular notch, os, pogonion, symphysion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Jowl\, n. [For older chole, chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf.
{Chaps}.]
The cheek; the jaw. [Written also {jole}, {choule}, {chowle},
and {geoule}.]
{Cheek by jowl}, with the cheeks close together; side by
side; in close proximity. ``I will go with three cheek by
jole.'' --Shak. `` Sits cheek by jowl.'' --Dryden.
\Jowl\, v. t.
To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.]
How the knave jowls it to the ground. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | bank, bazoo, beam, border, broadside, chaps, cheek, chop, chops, coast, embouchure, flank, gab, gob, hand, handedness, haunch, hip, jaw, jaws, jowls, kisser, laterality, lips, mandibles, many-sidedness, maw, maxilla, mouth, mug, multilaterality, mush, muzzle, oral cavity, planking, premaxilla, profile, quarter, shore, side, siding, temple, trap, unilaterality, yap |
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