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▪ I. jaw-hole1 (ˈdʒɔːˌhəʊl) [f. jaw n.2, v.2 + hole.] A hole into which dirty water or other liquid is ‘jawed’ or thrown; an open entrance to a sewer, house-drain, or cesspool.1760 City Cleaned & County Improv., Jaw-holls or water⁓spouts of timber [etc.]. 1815 Scott Guy M. i, Piloting with some dext...
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▪ I. jaw, n.1 (dʒɔː) Forms: α. 4–5 iow, 4–6 iowe; β. 5–7 iawe, 7– jaw; (5 geaw, gowe, gew, 7 gagh). [A word of difficult etymology, on the origin of which the evidence known to us affords conflicting indications. It occurs in the form jow(e from c 1375; c 1483 we find jaw(e, which before long supers...
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