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A gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter V.
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a.
Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
n.
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
a.
Relating to the jaws.
n.
The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
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Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.
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One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
n.
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.
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Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous.
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A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
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of Jaw
a.
Having the lower jaw projecting.
n.
The lower jaw.
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a.
Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed.
n.
A slender marine fish (Scomberesox saurus) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.
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Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
n.
The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone.
n. pl.
The lower chaps or jaw.
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