jowl

4 definitions found

jowl - 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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  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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jowl - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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)

jowl - 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