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Definition of Dewlaps
1. dewlap [n] - See also: dewlap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewlaps
Literary usage of Dewlaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets (1813)
"... to rule the lusty year: With rage of love the jealous rivals burn, And push
for push, and wound for wound, return: Their dewlaps gor'd, their sides are ..."
2. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"The position of the dewlap, of course, may vary as in the case of the wattle,
and there may be any number of dewlaps in a combination, usually not over ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Finally there remained a piece of puckered skin about five cm. long with, in
instances, adhesions to the underlying tissues. The sites in the dewlaps of the ..."
4. Child Classics by Georgia Alexander (1909)
"... in Scotland, where a battle was fought in 1746; Shakespearian dewlaps, the
skin that hangs from the neck of an ox, which laps the dew in grazing. ..."
5. The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets (1813)
"... to rule the lusty year: With rage of love the jealous rivals burn, And push
for push, and wound for wound, return: Their dewlaps gor'd, their sides are ..."
6. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"The position of the dewlap, of course, may vary as in the case of the wattle,
and there may be any number of dewlaps in a combination, usually not over ..."
7. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Finally there remained a piece of puckered skin about five cm. long with, in
instances, adhesions to the underlying tissues. The sites in the dewlaps of the ..."
8. Child Classics by Georgia Alexander (1909)
"... in Scotland, where a battle was fought in 1746; Shakespearian dewlaps, the
skin that hangs from the neck of an ox, which laps the dew in grazing. ..."
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