Jaw \Jaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jawing}.] 1. To scold; to clamor. [Law] --Smollett.
2. To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose. [PJC]
Jaw \Jaw\ (j[add]), n. [A modification of chaw, formed under the influence of F. joue the cheek. See {Chaw}, {Chew}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. (b) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering. (c) In the plural, the mouth.
2. Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death. --Shak.
3. (Mach.) (a) A notch or opening. (b) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See {Axle guard}. (b) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
4. (Naut.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
5. Impudent or abusive talk. [Slang] --H. Kingsley.
Syn: lip.
{Jaw bit} (Railroad), a bar across the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box.
{Jaw breaker}, a word difficult to pronounce. [Obs.]
{Jaw rope} (Naut.), a rope which holds the jaws of a gaff to the mast.
{Jaw tooth}, a molar or grinder; a back tooth.
Jaw \Jaw\, v. t. To assail or abuse by scolding. [Law]
Miss Valaziotis was in stable condition with a broken jaw and bruises.
Men, overweight people (particularly around the neck), and people with nasal problems or jaw abnormalities are most likely to be affected.
The Home Office said no guards were hurt at Haverigg, but one prisoner was sent to the hospital with what looked like a broken jaw and 10 others were treated for minor injuries at the prison, 280 miles west of London.
In the same incident, a 12-year-old Arab was shot in the jaw and a 13-year-old was wounded in the leg, hospital officials said.
"I would expect her jaw to be shattered," Plunkett said, observing that Lisa's jaw was small and fragile and she still had her baby teeth.
"I would expect her jaw to be shattered," Plunkett said, observing that Lisa's jaw was small and fragile and she still had her baby teeth.
A doctor who helped treat Schaeuble told ARD television that he had been hit in the jaw and chest.
The youthful businessman has a square jaw, a thick mop of hair and a powerful speaking cadence.
"His jaw set, and his eyes flashed," Mr. Shultz testified.
It is not an even fight. Sometimes, referees, judges and even the rules are stacked against you," said Jackson. "You cannot surrender, have a thin skin or a glass jaw.
One section of the Bay Bridge linking Oakland and San Francisco caved in, giving it the look of an alligator with its jaw stuck.
He told of holding a flashlight while David Sconce pulled gold teeth from the mouths of a dozen corpses, and said he once saw him smash a corpse's jaw with a crowbar to get at gold teeth.
His nose, left cheekbone and upper jaw were broken.
Cecilia Peck has her mother's strong Gallic nose and dark-haired beauty, and her father's square jaw, but she is her own person, as she demonstrates in her first starring role.
The maxillary sinus cavity above the upper jaw has membranes that can be inflamed and swollen by infection, causing pain and tenderness in the upper jaw and teeth.
The maxillary sinus cavity above the upper jaw has membranes that can be inflamed and swollen by infection, causing pain and tenderness in the upper jaw and teeth.
The boy's major injuries were to his lower jaw and teeth.
The St. Louis experiments, performed with rats, suggest that someday surgeons may be able to mold a patient's own soft tissues into pieces of bone for hip and jaw replacements and other skeletal reconstructions.
His arms and legs bear the scars of bayonet attacks by guards, and his jaw was broken once.
And Waddle knew that his friendship had helped bring Kamphaus back to action just six weeks after suffering a broken jaw in a loss to Texas Christian.
Douglas was felled in the eighth round by a right uppercut to the jaw. "I wasn't really hurt," Douglas said. "When I looked up the count was at six.
In October, Breen encountered the Ohio senator at an outdoor television interview, lunged at him from the side and landed a solid right to the jaw.
Sculptor Jim Gary looks at the rusting oil pan from a junked automobile and he sees the gaping jaw of a dinosaur.
A necropsy on the 14-year-old Kandu revealed that she suffered an upper jaw fracture after striking Corky, a 25-year-old, 8,000-pound female killer whale.
The diggers have found the jaw of a dire wolf, now extinct, and a piece of shell from an ancient tortoise.
Piltdown, a small village in England, made international news in 1912 when a skull and jaw of what became known as the "Piltdown Man" were discovered in a gravel pit.
Those were kids in there _ they were helpless." Two 8-year-old girls were fatally shot and seven children and two teachers were wounded, including Mrs. Finkbeiner, who was hit in the mouth and whose jaw remained wired shut.
Doctors removed the fourth-grader's eye and wired his jaw on Thursday, in the second operation since the Oct. 22 attack, said spokesman Phil Van Stavern at Children's Hospital of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
Want the great detective's jutting jaw on your face?
Fighting back tears, a South Carolina woman whose jaw was destroyed by a drug user's shotgun a decade ago told senators Tuesday the nation needs strong death penalty laws.