ˈjaw-fall
1. Falling of the jaw; fig. dejection. rare.
| 1660 M. Griffith Fear of God & King 29 For a time they had an Inter-regnum, and no King in Israel, besides divers other horrid jawfalls in government. |
† 2. Dislocation or subluxation of the lower jaw so that it cannot be shut. Obs.
| 1788 Rush in Pettigrew Lettsom (1817) II. 432 The locked-jaw, or as it is usually called among the planters, the jaw-fall, is a very common disease among the children of the slaves. |