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Jowl

Jowl Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Jowl? [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) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Jowl: jawbone \| lower jaw \| lower jawbone \| mandible \| mandibula \| submaxilla Related Terms \| Find terms related to Jowl: 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 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 Jowl In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Jowl Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jowl?

[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)

Jowl In Webster's Dictionary

\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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