单词 | upper jaw |
释义 | > as lemmasupper (†over) jaw a. One of the bones (or sets of bones) forming the framework of the mouth, and the seizing, biting, or masticating apparatus of vertebrates; in singular more frequently the lower or under (†nether) jaw, the inferior maxillary or mandible, than the upper (†over) jaw, or superior maxillary; cf. jawbone n.The dropping or falling of the jaw is a mark of death, dejection, or chagrin: see jaw-fallen adj. and n., chop-fallen adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > jawbones jaw1382 jawbone1490 maxillary1826 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [noun] > lower lower or under (nether) jaw1509 under-chap1584 under-jaw1687 chap1830 α. β. c1450 Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. (Bodl.) v. xlii No beeste haþ an euen gut but he haue teeþ in ayþer iawe.1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xliii. 210 Dyd not kyng Davyd a lyons jawe tere?1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 270 The bullet hitting him under his right iawe.1611 Bible (King James) Job xli. 2 Canst thou..bore his iawe through with a thorne? View more context for this quotation1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 218 Their teeth are..numerous, and..perfectly inoffensive: they lie in either jaw.a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III i, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 238/2 There was a silent chasm Between his upper jaw and under.1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xxx. 528 The jaw fell, and the eyes were fixed.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xv. 16 In the cheek boon of an asse, that is, in the iow of the colt of assis, I haue doon hem awey. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xvi. 121 The Cocadryll meuyth the ouer Iowe [Bodley MS. þe ouer gowe] ayenste kynde of all other beestes and holdyth the nether Iowe [Bodley MS. þe neþir iowe] still and meuyth it not. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope 2 He had a grete hede large vysage longe Iowes. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C vij a For booches that growe in a hawkis Iowe. < as lemmas |
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