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单词 jowl
释义 jowl
I. \ˈjau̇(ə)l also ˈjōl sometimes ˈjȯl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by jaw) (I) of Middle English chavel, chauel, chawl, from Old English ceafl; akin to Middle High German kivel, kiver jaw, Old Saxon kaflos, plural, jaws, Old Norse kjaptr jaw, Old Irish gop beak, mouth, Avestan zafar-, zafan- mouth
1.
 a. : jaw; especially : mandible
 b. : one of the lateral halves of the mandible
2.
 a. : cheek 1
 b. : the boneless cheek meat of a hog
  < a dinner of boiled jowl and black-eyed peas >
  — see pork illustration
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by jaw) (I) of Middle English cholle, probably from Old English ceole throat — more at glutton
1.
 a. : the pendulous part of a double chin
 b. : the flesh hanging under the jaw of a fat pig
 c. : the dewlap of cattle
 d. : the wattle of a fowl
 e. : a marked fullness and looseness of the flesh about the lower cheek and jaw usually associated with aging — usually used in plural
2. : the space and the soft tissues filling it between the branches of the lower jaw of a horse
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English choll, cholle, jol, jolle
1. obsolete : head 1
2. : a cut or dish of fish consisting of the head and usually adjacent parts
IV. \ˈjau̇(ə)l, ˈjōl\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English chollen, jollen, perhaps from choll, cholle, jol, jolle head
dialect : jow I
V. noun
(-s)
dialect : jow II
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