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Definition for DEW'-LAP
DEW'ING
DEW'-LAPT
DEW'-LAP
, n. [dew and lap, to lick.]
The flesh that hangs from the throat of oxen, which laps or licks the dew in grazing. – Addison.
In Shakespeare, a lip flaccid with age.
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