Obs. [CHIN.] The jaw-bone.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 157. Mandibula, ceacban, vel ceacan, vel cinban. Ibid. (c. 1050), 444. Mandibulas cinban. Ibid. (c. 1450), 678. Hec sura, a chynbone.
1592. Nashe, P. Penilesse (1595), C ij b. Cheeks that sag like a womans dugs ouer his chin-bone.
