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ˈjaw-fall
1. Falling of the jaw; fig. dejection. rare.
1660M. Griffith Fear of God & King 29 For a time they had an Inter-regnum, and no King in Israel, besides divers other horrid jawfalls in government.
†2. Dislocation or subluxation of the lower jaw so that it cannot be shut. Obs.
1788Rush in Pettigrew Lettsom (1817) II. 432 The locked-jaw, or as it is usually called among the planters, the jaw-fall, is a very common disease among the children of the slaves. |