Found 1 hit - Term: jaw tooth, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jaw \jaw\ jadd, n. a modification of chaw, formed under the
influence of f. joue the cheek. see chaw, chew.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
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.
--shak.
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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.
b 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.
1913 webster
4. naut. the inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a
half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
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5. impudent or abusive talk. slang --h. kingsley.
syn: lip.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
chaw chew axle guard jaw bit jaw breaker jaw rope
jaw tooth
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