[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lantern \lan"tern\ la^n"t~ern, n. f. lanterne, l.
   lanterna, laterna, from gr. lampth`r light, torch. see
   lamp.
   1. something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind,
      rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or
      case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other
      material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed,
      as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a
      lighthouse light.
      1913 webster

   2. arch.
      a an open structure of light material set upon a roof,
          to give light and air to the interior.
      b a cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open
          below into the building or tower which it crowns.
      c a smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one,
          for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern
          of the cupola of the capitol at washington, or that of
          the florence cathedral.
          1913 webster

   3. mach. a lantern pinion or trundle wheel. see lantern
      pinion below.
      1913 webster

   4. steam engine a kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box
      and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into
      two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of
      steam, etc.; -- called also lantern brass.
      1913 webster

   5. founding a perforated barrel to form a core upon.
      1913 webster

   6. zool. see aristotle's lantern.
      1913 webster

   note: fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm
         lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the
         positions in which they are carried.
         1913 webster

   dark lantern, a lantern with a single opening, which may be
      closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also
      bull's-eye.

   lantern jaws, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage.

   lantern pinion, lantern wheel mach., a kind of pinion
      or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of
      teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or
      plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; --
      called also wallower, or trundle.

   lantern shell zool., any translucent, marine, bivalve
      shell of the genus anatina, and allied genera.

   magic lantern, an optical instrument consisting of a case
      inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral
      tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or
      the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in
      the focus of the outer lens.
      1913 webster
see also:
lamp lantern pinion lantern brass aristotle's lantern dark lantern bull's-eye 
lantern jaws lantern pinion lantern wheel wallower trundle 
lantern shell anatina magic lantern 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 moby thesaurus words for "lantern jaws":
   boniness, fleshlessness, frailness, gauntness, gawkiness,
   haggardness, hatchet face, lankiness, lankness, leanness,
   meagerness, paperiness, peakedness, poorness, puniness,
   scrawniness, skin and bones, skinniness, slightness, spareness,
   twigginess, underweight

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Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Lantern Jaws.
...Lantern-jawed. Having lantern-jaws..    2.  .  Lantern.. Lantern-Land. ... as light shows through the horn of a lantern. In French, “un visage si ... ..
http://www.bartleby.com/81/9921.html, score=100, date indexed=December 15, 2005, 10:00 pm

Define Lantern jaws : powered by In Dictionary (InDictionary.com)
...Lantern jaws, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage. Lantern pinion, ... Define the word Lantern jaws. "Lantern jaws" gcide "The Collaborative ... ..
http://www.indictionary.com/define/Lantern_jaws, score=83, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 2:12 pm

Translation of lantern-jaws
...Translation of lantern-jaws. lantern-jaws. lantern-jaws in Hungarian ... jaws ----. translation of lantern-light. translation of lantern-pinion ... ..
http://www.brainytranslation.com/translations/la/lanternjaws302199.html, score=72, date indexed=December 20, 2005, 1:11 pm

Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Lantern.
...Lantern Jaws. . CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD. E. Cobham Brewer 1810 ... À la lanterne. Hang him with the lantern or lamp ropes. A cry and ... ..
http://www.bartleby.com/81/9920.html, score=16, date indexed=November 11, 2005, 4:28 am

Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Lantern-Land.
...Lantern Jaws.. Lanterns. . CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD. E. Cobham ... Lantern-Land..  . The land of literary charlatans, whose inhabitants ... ..
http://www.bartleby.com/81/9922.html, score=16, date indexed=December 14, 2005, 2:24 pm

203. Narrowness, Thinness. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget’s International ...
...... humorous or contemptuous], bare-bone, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone. ... as a -lath, - whipping post, - wafer; hatchet-faced; lantern-jawed..   ... ..
http://www.bartelby.com/110/203.html, score=16, date indexed=December 15, 2005, 6:12 am

203. Narrowness, Thinness. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget’s International ...
...... humorous or contemptuous], bare-bone, lantern jaws, mere skin and bone. ... as a -lath, - whipping post, - wafer; hatchet-faced; lantern-jawed..   ... ..
http://www.bartleby.com/110/203.html, score=16, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 1:39 pm

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