dew-lap

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DEW-LAP, noun [dew and lap, to lick.] 1. The flesh that hangs from the throat of oxen, which laps or licks the dew in grazing. 2. In Shakespeare, a lip flaccid with age.
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