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Definition of Lantern jaw
1. Noun. A long thin lower jaw.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lantern Jaw
Literary usage of Lantern jaw
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life History of Our Planet by William Dickey Gunning (1876)
"It would assume the form meant to be described by that ill-chosen word, lantern-jaw.
This contraction of the jaw becomes hereditary. ..."
2. Health and Medical Inspection of School Children by Walter Stewart Cornell (1912)
"In this way a receding lower jaw, or a receding upper jaw (the latter termed
lantern-jaw or prognathous jaw), is produced. In the latter variety the lower ..."
3. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"Shadowy eye-sockets, deep as those of a death's head, suddenly turned into pits
of luster: a lantern- jaw was ..."
4. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"The so-called lantern jaw of the aged is well known to all of you." The shrinking
of the dental arch in front and the increasing verti- cality of the ..."
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