Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dewlap"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dewlap \Dew"lap`\, n. [Dew + lap to lick.]
1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or
licks the dew in grazing.

2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.
[Burlesque]

On her withered dewlap pour the ale. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dewlap
n : a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck


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