joul

English

Verb

joul (third-person singular simple present jouls, present participle jouling, simple past and past participle jouled)

1. Alternative form of jowl (in the phrase cheek by jowl)
   • 1663 (indicated as 1664), [Samuel Butler], “The Second Part of Hudibras. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:

     Between his knees, his hands applied
     Unto his ears on either side.
     And by him, in another hole,
     Afflicted Ralpho, cheek by joul.
     

References

• “joul”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.