dewlap (ew as u), dewlappe

[Eng. dew; -lap, from lapping or licking the dew.] 1. Lit.: The loose fold of skin hanging from the throat of an ox or cow. "Their horns are curved toward each, but they have no dewlaps." Cook: Voyages, vol. ii., bk. iii., ch. ix., p. 250. *2. Fig .: The flesh of the throat become flaccid through age. "And, when she drinks, against her lips I bob, And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale." Shakesp.: Midsummer Night's Dream, ii. 1. dew-lapped, dew-lapt (ew asu), a . [Eng. dew lap; -ed.] Furnished with dewlaps or a similar appendage. "Who would believe that there were mountaineers, Dewlapped like bulls?" Shakesp.: Tempest, iii. 3. 1377 *dewle, s . [Fr. deuil .] Mourning, lamentation. "The deadly dewle which she so sore did make." Sackville: The Induction, § xiv. Free from or destitute of dew. dew-le (ew as ū), a. [Eng. dew , and -le .] dew'-try (ew as ū), s. [DATURA.] "Make leeches and their punks with dewtry Commit phantast i cal advowtry." Butler: Hudibras , III. 1. 319, 320. dextral děx-těr'-1-tě, *dex-ter-i-tee, s . [Fr. dexter it: Lat. dexter it as, from dexter =the right; Gr. dexiteros the right, as opposed to the left.] 1. The ability to use the right hand better or more expertly than the left; right-handedne . " Dexterity appears to be confined to the human race, for the monkey tribes use the right and left limbs ind. criminately." -Lancet. (Ogilvie.) 2. Bodily or physical activity, expertne , adroit or skill; readine or supplene of limbs; the