Jaw
[dʒɔː] or [dʒɔ]
Definition
(noun.) holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
(noun.) the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth.
(noun.) the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth.
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Definition
(n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
(n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
(n.) In the plural, the mouth.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A notch or opening.
(n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
(v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
(v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Maxillary bone, jaw-bone.[2]. [Low.] Scolding, abuse, railing, vituperation, abusive talk.
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Definition
n. the bones of the mouth in which the teeth are set: the mouth: anything like a jaw: (slang) talkativeness scolding.—v.i. (slang) to scold.—ns. Jaw′bone the bone of the jaw in which the teeth are set; Jaw′-break′er (slang) a word hard to pronounce.—adj. Jawed having jaws: denoting the appearance of the jaws as lantern-jawed.—n. Jaw′fall a falling of the jaw: (fig.) depression of spirits.—adj. Jaw′-fall′en depressed in spirits: dejected.—ns. Jaw′-foot a foot-jaw maxilliped; Jaw′-lē′ver an instrument for opening the mouth of a horse or cow to admit medicine; Jaw′-tooth one of the double teeth a grinder or molar.—Break-jaw word a very long word or one hard to pronounce; Hold one's jaw to cease from talking or scolding.
v.t. (Scot.) to pour out throw out: splash.—ns. Jaw′-box Jaw′-hole a sink.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing heavy, misshapen jaws, denotes disagreements, and ill feeling will be shown between friends. If you dream that you are in the jaws of a wild beast, enemies will work injury to your affairs and happiness. This is a vexatious and perplexing dream. If your own jaws ache with pain, you will be exposed to climatic changes, and malaria may cause you loss in health and finances.
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Examples
- It was a very tall gaunt captain of artillery with a red scar along his jaw. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The first teeth of the infant are called the deciduous or _milk_ teeth, and are twenty in number--ten in each jaw. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The spasm causes the muscles of the jaw to contract very quickly and as soon as they are contracted, they let the jaw fall again of its own weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Robespierre, it seems, was shot in the lower jaw by a gendarme. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While we stood looking, a wart, or an excrescence of some kind, appeared on the jaw of the Sphynx. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But the great image contemplated the dead ages as calmly as ever, unconscious of the small insect that was fretting at its jaw. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Dr. Keith, swayed by the jaw-bone, does not think that _Eoanthropus_, in spite of its name, is a creature in the direct ancestry of man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lubbock made drawings for me, with the camera lucida, of the jaws which I dissected from the workers of the several sizes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This accounts for the phenomenon of the weaker of the two usually having a bundle of firewood thrust between its jaws in hot weather. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A small part of the end of the wire extends beyond the jaws. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So it is with the wonderfully complex jaws and legs of crustaceans. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Scarcely a day passed that did not find Professor Porter straying in his preoccupied indifference toward the jaws of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In operation it is lowered with open jaws, and by its own weight digs into the ground that is to be excavated. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One of the most common is the clam-shell dredge, consisting of a pair of large, heavy iron jaws, hinged at the back, in general form resembling a pair of huge clam shells. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She just jawed about it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When money is to be paid and received, there is always some vehement jawing and gesticulating about it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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