DEW-LAP, noun [dew and lap, to lick.]
1. The flesh that hangs from the throat of oxen, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.
2. In Shakespeare, a lip flaccid with age.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.