Noah Webster
Skeleton
SKEL'ETON, noun [Latin calleo, callus.]
1. The bones of an animal body, separated from the flesh and retained in their natural position or connections. When the bones are connected by the natural ligaments, it is called a natural skeleton; when by wires, or any foreign substance, an artificial skeleton
2. The compages, general structure or frame of any thing; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
3. A very thin or lean person.