Jowl (?), n. [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 three cheek by jowl." Shak. "Sits cheek by jowl."
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.
Jowl, v. t.
To throw, dash, or knock.
[Obs.]
How the knave jowls it to the ground.
Shak.
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