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Webster 1913 Edition


Jowl

Jowl

(joul or jōl)
,
Noun.
[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 thee cheek by jole.”
Shak.
“ Sits cheek by jowl.”
Dryden.

Jowl

,
Verb.
T.
To throw, dash, or knock.
[Obs.]
How the knave
jowls
it to the ground.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Jowl

JOWL

,
Noun.
The cheek. [See Jole.]