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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl] v
1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 15th century jaw 1a; especially mandible II. verb Date: 1965 transitive verb to speak forcefully and persuasively to <jawboned them into accepting the deal> intransitive verb to talk especially forcefully and persuasively <jawboning about the tax cuts>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 each of the two bones forming the lower jaw in most mammals. 2 these two combined into one in other mammals.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jawbone Jaw"bone`, n. The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also jaw bone(jawbones) A jawbone is the bone in the lower jaw of a person or animal. N-COUNT