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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread #116364 - 11/21/03 06:18 PM jowl   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Little Nell is listening to her grandfather talk to a couple gypsies who have inveigled him into gambling with them. One of the is named Jowl. It occurred to me to wonder about etymology of "jowl". jowl1 [dʒaʊl] noun 1 the jaw, esp. the lower one 2 [often pl] a cheek, esp. a prominent one 3 cheek by jowl See: cheek [7] [ETYMOLOGY: Old English ceafl jaw; related to Middle High German kivel, Old Norse kjaptr] jowled adjective jowl2 [dʒaʊl] noun 1 fatty flesh hanging from the lower jaw 2 a similar fleshy part in animals, such as the wattle of a fowl or the dewlap of a bull [ETYMOLOGY: Old English ceole throat; compare Old High German kela] Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,881 Posts224,662 Members9,048 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Sammy87, Bentron2000, Santanu, DavidOrigami, RichEngle 9048 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 registered members (A C Bowden), 85 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 51 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 10 may2point0 3 SantaFeR 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,120 wofahulicodoc 7,884 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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