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Definition of Jawed
1. Adjective. Of animals having jaws of a specified type.
Definition of Jawed
1. a. Having jaws; - - chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.
Definition of Jawed
1. Adjective. having jaws ¹
2. Adjective. (''in combination'') having a specified type of jaw ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jawed
1. jaw [v] - See also: jaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawed
Literary usage of Jawed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"1683 for Ferguson's apprehension he is described as follows: ' A tall lean man,
dark brown hair, a great Roman nose, thin jawed, heat in his face, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"THE LONG-jawed GOBY. • BY WN LOCKINGTON. E somewhat inelegant title I have given
to this curious little fish cannot be said to be its vernacular name, ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Black-jawed Warbler, Motacilla Nigrirostris, Gml. Olive-brown; beneath white;
chest red, black streaked ; lore and throat red-yellow; maxillary streak ..."
4. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"... about three and a half feet in height, with head and shoulders of a large
woman,and a countenance much under-jawed,and almost ferocious in expression. ..."
5. In Troubadour-land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Sabine Baring-Gould (1891)
"... of Marseilles by Trebonius—Position of the Greek city—The Acropolis—Greek
inscriptions—The lady who never "jawed" her husband—The tomb of the sailor- ..."
6. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"PART III Nature's Earlier Experiments in Evolving Large-eyed and Short-jawed Primates
... jawed ..."
7. The Complete Practical Machinist: Embracing Lathe Work, Vise Work, Drills by Joshua Rose (1894)
"132 and 133 represent the Horton two-jawed chuck, with false or slip faces ...
In a three-jawed chuck the work will be held with equal pressure by each jaw, ..."
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