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  1.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Jowl (joul or jōl), n. [For older chole, chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf. {Chaps}.] The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, and geoule.]

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    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.

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  2.                 From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
                    

    Jowl, v. t. To throw, dash, or knock. [Obs.]

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    How the knave jowls it to the ground.

    -- Shak.

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