joul
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]joul (third-person singular simple present jouls, present participle jouling, simple past and past participle jouled)
- Alternative spelling of jowl (in the phrase cheek by jowl)
- 1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “Canto I”, in Hudibras. The Second Part. […], London: […] T[homas] R[oycroft] for John Martyn, and James Allestry […], →OCLC, page 9:
- And 'tvvas not long, before ſhe found / Him, and his ſtout Squire, in the Pound; / Both coupled in Inchanted Tether, / By further leg behind together: / For as he ſate upon his Rump, / His head like one in doleful dump, / Betvveen his knees, his hands appli'd / Unto his ears on either ſide. / And by him, in another hole, / Afflicted Ralpho, cheek by Joul; […]
References
[edit]- “joul”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.