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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 neck of cattle, also applied to similar folds in the necks of other animals and fowls, as the See also: dog, See also: turkey, &c
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The See also: American practice of branding cattle by making a cut in the neck is known as a " dewlap brand." The skin of the neck in human beings often becomes pendulous with age, and is sometimes referred to humorously by the same name
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