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Jaw.
1753. FOOTE, Englishman in Paris
(1783), 15. Hold your JAW, and despatch !
1771. G. A. STEVENS, Songs Comic
and Satyrical, p. 47. 0 my love, though
I cannot well jAw.
1785. GROSE, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
JAW, speech, discourse.
1825. TODD, Eng. Did., S.V. JAW.
In low language, gross abuse.
1830. LYTTON, Paul Clifford, xvi.
Hand me the brandy and cease your
JAW.
1836. M. SCOTT, Cruise of the
Midge, 256. Bring the felt, you spalpeen,
and no JAW.
1852. H. B. STOWE, Uncle Tom's
Cabin, viii. Stop that ar JAW 0' yourn,
there' said Torn gruffly.
1859. H. KINGSLEY, Geoffrey Hamlyn,
xxvi. Stop your JAW about him !
1874. E. LYNN LINTON, Patricia
Kern ball, xxi. 'Dora, I and my father
- have had a JAW', Sydney began.
1876. HINDLEY, Adventures of a
Cheafi Yack, 41. He's ALL JAW LIKE A
SHEEP'S HEAD.
1883. Daily Telegrafill, 5 Jan. 2.
2. He had audibly expressed his disgust
that some fellows should have all the
JAW to themselves.
1883. CLARK RUSSELL, Sailor's
Language, s.v. JAW.
1892. S. 'WATSON, Wofis the Waif,
i. I'll hey yer run in . . . . if yer
don't hold yer JAW.
1892. 'MILLIKEN, 'Arry Ballads, 68.
These stuckuppy snipsters as JAW about
quiet and peace.
Verb. (vulgar).-To chatter ; to
abuse ; to use violent language. Fr.
faire paer son grelot or jouer
du 7/Ili-Ilion.
1748. SMOLLETT, Roderick Random,
xxiv. They JAWED together fore-and-aft
a good spell.
1760-61. SMOLLETT, Sir L. Graves,
Bk. II. i. You might give good words,
however : an we once fall a-JAWING,
d'ye see, I can heave out as much bilgewater
as another.
4 1 Jawbreaker.
1825, TODD (JOHNSON, Eng. Dict.
S.V. JAW. In low language, to abuse
grossly.
1843. THACICER AY, Irish Sketch
Book, ii. Why should four waiters
s tand. and JAW, and gesticulate among
themselves, instead of waiting on the
guests ?
1862. LOWELL, Biglow Pafiers,
p. 61. But, neighbour, ef they prove
their claim at law, The best way is to
settle, an' not JAW.
1883. Daily Telegra,h, 8 Feb.,
p. 3, col. 1. If I was to JAW till a
blue moon, I couldn't tell you more
about her.
1888. Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec.
She'll lick both of us and JAW father all
the evening.
To JAW ON THE TOBY (or
DRUM) verb. phr. (tramps').-
To go on the road.
JAWBATION, subs. (old).-i. A
general CONFAB (q.v.); a JAWING-
MATCH. See JOBATION.
2. (colloquial).-A scolding.
JAWBONE, subs .(American).- Credit;
DAY (q.v.). To CALL ONE'S
JAWBONE = to live on credit,
or RUN ONE'S FACE (q.v.).
ENGLISH SYNONYMS. To run
one's face ; to get a light ; to give
(or strike) on the mace ; to mace it;
to get on sock (or, on the nod),
to go tick.
FRENCH SYNONYMS. Avoir
arehe ; avoir l'ardoise (= TO
CHALK IT UP) ; le erome or croume
(tramps') ; gre'sillonner (= to ask
credit) ; avoir Pail (general) ; la
sy mbo le.
1862. Times, 21 Oct. (San Francisco
correspondent). Individuals, who,
in digger's parlance, live on JAWBONE.
JAWBREAKER (or JAWTWISTER) subs.
(common).- I . A hard or manysyllabled
word. JAWBREAKING =
difficult.