Jowl

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jowl
       n 1: the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the
            mouth [syn: {lower jaw}, {mandible}, {mandibula}, {mandibular
            bone}, {submaxilla}, {lower jawbone}, {jawbone}]
       2: a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and
          jaw (characteristic of aging)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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