Thin-visaged: from their cheeksbeing almost transparent. Or else, lenten jawed; i.e. having the jaws of one emaciated by a too rigid observation of Lent. Dark lanthorn; a servant or agent at court, who receives a bribe for his principal or master.
·noun ·see <<Lantern>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Jaw>>. II. Jawed ·adj Having jaws; — chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed....
A peevish fellow. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person. ...
·adj Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the low...
Thin-faced, or lanthorn-jawed. See lanthorn-jawed. ...
The state of rope when its strands are straightened by being much strained and untwisted, and from i...
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