(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:46

Dew"lap` (?), n. [Dew + lap to lick.]

1.

The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.

2.

The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age.

[Burlesque]

On her withered dewlap pour the ale. Shak.

 

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