Old English | sp | English |
Jowl | n | The jawbone, jaw; esp. the under jaw; the cheek, a cheek. 2. the external throat or neck when fat or prominent. 3. the dewlap of cattle; the crop or wattle of a bird etc. 4. the head of a man or beast. 5. the head of a fish (hence as a fish); the head or shoulders of a salmon, sturgeon or ling. 6. idle and malicious talk |
Jowl | n | a bump or blow, esp. on the head. 2. a knock or stroke or a single stroke of a bell. |
Jowl | vb | To bump, strike, knock or push; esp. to dash the head against something. 2. to strike (the wall of a coal pit) as a signal. 3. to toll, ring , or knell slowly as a bell. |
Jowled | pp | Having heavy jowls or jaws |
Jowler | n | A heavy jawed dog |
Juggler | n | OE from OF. 1. One entertains people by stories, songs, buffoonery, tricks etc; a jester, a buffoon (contemptously). 2. a magician, wizard, sorcerer, performer of legerdemain, a conjurer. 3. transfig. and fig. one who deceives by trickery. |
June | n | The sixth month of the year, in which the summer solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere.
c.1100, from L. Iunius (mensis), probably a variant of Iunonius, "sacred to Juno" (see Juno). Replaced O.E. liðe se ærra "earlier mildness." |
Jute | n | One of the ancient inhabitants of Jutland in Denmark; traditionally they were said to have settled in Kent & Hampshire during the 5c invasion of Britian. |
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