1.
[syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]
2. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jowl \Jowl\, v. t.
To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.]
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How the knave jowls it to the ground. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jowl \Jowl\ (joul or j[=o]l), n. [For older chole, chaul, AS.
ceaft jaw. Cf. Chaps.]
The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle,
and geoule.]
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Cheek by jowl, with the cheeks close together; side by
side; in close proximity. "I will go with thee cheek by
jole." --Shak. " Sits cheek by jowl." --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jowl
n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
[syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular
bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl]
2: a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and
jaw (characteristic of aging)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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