Dimple

A dimple (also known as a gelasin) is a small natural indentation in the flesh on a part of the human body, most notably in the cheek or on the chin.

Characteristics

Cheek dimples when present, show up when a person makes a facial expression. A chin dimple is a small line on your chin that stays on your chin without making any facial expressions. Dimples may appear and disappear over an extended period. Professor McDonald, citing limited research, concludes dimples have been mislabeled as genetically inherited and as a dominant trait. However, the University of Utah considers dimples an "irregular" dominant trait that is probably controlled mostly by one gene but is influenced by other genes.

Physiology

Dimples are a facial muscle deformity. Dimples may be caused by variations in the structure of the facial muscle known as zygomaticus major. Specifically, the presence of a double or bifid zygomaticus major muscle may explain the formation of cheek dimples. This bifid variation of the muscle originates as a single structure from the zygomatic bone. As it travels anteriorly, it then divides with a superior bundle that inserts in the typical position above the corner of the mouth. An inferior bundle inserts below the corner of the mouth.

Haig (whisky)

Haig, also known as Dimple, Dimple Pinch, or Haig's Pinch, is brand of Scotch whisky, originally manufactured by John Haig & Co Ltd. The brand and its distillery is now part of the Diageo conglomerate.

History

The dimpled bottle was introduced in the 1890s. This bottle became so well known and important to the brand that it was registered as a trademark in the US in 1958 by Julius Lunsford.

The business was originally owned by the Scottish Haig family, whose members included Field Marshal Douglas Haig, famous for commanding the British Army in some of the largest battles of the First World War. The Haig Family were also related through marriage to John Jameson who founded the Jameson Irish Whiskey Company in Dublin in 1780. The Haig family business was subsequently merged into the Distillers Company Limited (DCL) and then into the larger conglomerate Diageo.

Haig whisky was one of the first ever commercial Scotch whiskies and plans were announced in early 2015 for the preservation of the original Haig Whisky Distillery in the Kennetpans near Stirling in Scotland.

Dimple (disambiguation)

A dimple is a facial feature.

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