A jawbone, a ‘chaft’; a jaw; esp. the under jaw; plural. Jaws.

The jaw-bone.

A jawbone; the mandible or maxilla. Obsolete.

chaft-blade, chaft-bone; chaft-fallen adj.

A jaw, a jawbone; spec. the bone or bones of the lower jaw in mammals and other vertebrates.

a jawbone.

Any bone of the jaws; spec. each of the two forming the lower jaw in most mammals, or the whole bone formed by their combination in others.

= jaw-bone.

= jowl, n.1 In quot. taken by Twyne, apparently by some confusion, to translate Latin rota.

Either of the two bones (with its covering of muscles, skin, etc.) which form the mouth; a jaw; also either half of the bill of a bird.

= mandible, n. 1.

Anatomy and Zoology. Applied to parts or organs situated below others of the same kind (distinguished as superior), or below the usual or normal…

The bone, or a bone, of the lower jaw; the mandible.