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Jaw   /dʒɔ/   Listen
noun
Jaw  n.  
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
(b)
Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
(c)
In the plural, the mouth.
2.
Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
3.
(Mach.)
(a)
A notch or opening.
(b)
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
(c)
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
4.
(Naut.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
5.
Impudent or abusive talk. (Slang)
Synonyms: lip.
Jaw bit (Railroad), a bar across the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box.
Jaw breaker, a word difficult to pronounce. (Obs.)
Jaw rope (Naut.), a rope which holds the jaws of a gaff to the mast.
Jaw tooth, a molar or grinder; a back tooth.



verb
Jaw  v. t.  To assail or abuse by scolding. (Law)



Jaw  v. i.  (past & past part. jawed; pres. part. jawing)  
1.
To scold; to clamor. (Law)
2.
To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.






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"Jaw" Quotes from Famous Books



... nervous alarm, he swore, and, as troopers will swear, that it had descended direct upon his afflicted member, and, consequently that he was ruined for life. This was a subsequent explanation—while the unhappy youth was extended on the hearth-rug, protesting innocence, and also declaring that his jaw-bone was fractured. The fall of the billet and the boy were things simultaneous—and while my mother, in great alarm, inculcated patience under suffering, and hinted at resignation, my father, in return, swore ...
— International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 5, July 29, 1850 • Various

... my brother found himself, panting, with a cut mouth, a bruised jaw, and bloodstained knuckles, driving along an unknown lane with these ...
— The War of the Worlds • H. G. Wells

... type, into the princely line of Judah. The blood of the daring children of the wilderness flowed in the veins of those who descended from Boaz. Just as in modern times and in royal houses a single feature, as a set of the jaw, a curve of the lips, a fulness of the brow or the eye, is stamped upon a race by some marriage of its heir with a strong woman of another race, so, it has always seemed to me, that the poetry, the romance, the fire and ...
— Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 • Various

... endowed with the defence of truth and good conduct. I cross the heavens, and traverse the earth. Though a denizen of the underworld, I tread the earth like one alive, following in the footsteps of the blessed spirits. I have the gift of living a million years. I eat with my mouth and chew with my jaw, because I worship him who is ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various

... we saw that the dead man's face had been partly shot or shorn away—the lower jaw was gone; so that it had become an abominable thing to look on. These two had been men the day before. Now they were carrion and would be treated as such; for as we looked back we saw the wagon turn off the high road into a field where the wild red ...
— Paths of Glory - Impressions of War Written At and Near the Front • Irvin S. Cobb


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