under-chapn.
/ˈʌndətʃap/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌtʃæp/ The lower jaw.
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lower or under (nether) jaw1509
under-chap1584
under-jaw1687
chap1830
1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 78 He striketh him with an yern,..griping his brain and underchaps, and so he fell down and disappeared.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 29 Their vnderchappe doeth in a deformed manner stretch foorth it selfe beyond the vpper, as it is in many fishes.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 382 The stork..produces no other noise than the clacking of its under chap against the upper.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxiii. 469 The skin which lies between the under chaps.
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