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Webster 1913 Edition
Cheek
Cheek
(chēk)
, Noun.
[OE.
cheke
, cheoke
, AS. ceàce
, ceòce
; cf. Goth. kukjan
to kiss, D. kaak
cheek; perh. akin to E. chew
, jaw
.] 1.
The side of the face below the eye.
2.
The cheek bone.
[Obs.]
Caucer.
3.
pl.
(Mech.)
Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair;
as, the
cheeks
(jaws) of a vise; the cheeks
of a gun carriage, etc.4.
pl.
The branches of a bridle bit.
Knight.
5.
(Founding)
A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.
6.
Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.
[Slang]
Cheek of beef
. See Illust. of
– Beef
. Cheek bone
(Anat.)
the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
– Cheek by jowl
, side by side; very intimate.
– Cheek pouch
(Zool.)
, a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.
– Cheeks of a block
, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.
– Cheeks of a mast
, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.
– Cheek tooth
(Anat.)
, a hinder or molar tooth.
– Butment cheek
. See under
Butment
.Cheek
(chēk)
, Verb.
T.
To be impudent or saucy to.
[Slang.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Cheek
CHEEK
, n.1.
The side of the face below the eyes on each side.2.
Among mechanics, cheeks are those pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or which are double and alike; as the cheeks of a printing press, which stand perpendicular and support the three sommers, the head, shelves and winter; the cheeks of a turners lathe; the cheeks of a glaziers vise; the cheeks of a mortar, and of a gun-carriage; the cheeks of a mast, which serve to sustain the trestle trees, &c.Cheek by jowl, closeness, proximity.