† chin-bonen.
Obsolete.
The jaw-bone.
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jowlOE
chin-bonec1000
cheek boneOE
chaft-bonea1300
mandible?a1425
chawle-bone1430
jawbone1490
chaw-bone1546
choule1573
chap1575
mandibula1704
inferior maxilla1846
submaxilla1877
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157 Mandibula, ceacban, vel ceacan, vel cinban.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 444 Mandibulas cinban.
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 678 Hec sura, a chynbone.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D2 v Cheekes that sagge like a womans dugges ouer his Chin-bone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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