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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jowl \Jowl\ (joul or j[=o]l), noun [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 thee cheek by jole.'' --Shak. '' Sits cheek by jowl.'' --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jowl \Jowl\, verb (used with an object) To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.]
How the knave jowls it to the ground. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jowl
noun
1: the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth [syn: {lower jaw}, {mandible}, {mandibula}, {mandibular bone}, {submaxilla}, {lower jawbone}, {jawbone}]
2: a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "jowl": bank, bazoo, beam, border, broadside, chaps, cheek, chop, chops, coast, embouchure, flank, gab, gob, hand, handedness, haunch, hip, jaw, jaws, jowls, kisser, laterality, lips, mandibles, many-sidedness, maw, maxilla, mouth, mug, multilaterality, mush, muzzle, oral cavity, planking, premaxilla, profile, quarter, shore, side, siding, temple, trap, unilaterality, yap
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