JOWL


Meaning of JOWL in English

I. noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English choll Date: 15th century a cut of fish consisting of the head and usually adjacent parts, II. noun see: glutton Date: 1591 usually slack flesh (as a dewlap, wattle, or the pendulous part of a double chin) associated with the cheeks, lower jaw, or throat, III. noun Etymology: alteration of Middle English chavel, from Old English ceafl; akin to Middle High German kivel jaw, Avestan zafar- mouth Date: 1598 1. jaw , one of the lateral halves of the mandible, 2. cheek 1, the cheek meat of a hog

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