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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 141 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEWLAP (from the O.E. lceppa, a lappet, or See also:

hanging See also:fold; the first syllable is of doubtful origin and the popular explanation that the word means " the fold which brushes the See also:dew " is not See also:borne out, according to the New See also:English See also:Dictionary, by the See also:equivalent words such as the Danish doglaeb, in Scandinavian See also:languages), the loose fold of skin hanging from the See also:neck of See also:cattle, also applied to similar folds in the necks of other animals and fowls, as the See also:dog, See also:turkey, &c. The See also:American practice of See also:branding cattle by making a cut in the neck is known as a " dewlap See also:brand." The skin of the neck in human beings often becomes pendulous with See also:age, and is sometimes referred to humorously by the same name.

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