Jowl

[Jowl]

Jowls are excess flesh around the jaw and cheeks that tends to grow as people get older. The jowl is also the lower jaw, which is hinged so the mouth can open, in vertebrates.

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The cheek; the jaw.

Noun
the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth

Noun
a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)


n.
The cheek; the jaw.

v. t.
To throw, dash, or knock.


Jowl

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

Jowl, v. t. To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.]
How the knave jowls it to the ground.

The cheek; the jaw.

To throw, dash, or knock.

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Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.

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