01 n. The side of the face below the eye.
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1.
The side of the face below the eye.
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2.
The cheek bone.[Obs.]
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3.
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.(Mech.)
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The branches of a bridle bit.
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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.(Founding)
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Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.[Slang]
Phrases & compounds
Cheek of beef —
See Illust. of Beef.
Cheek bone —
the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
Cheek by jowl —
side by side; very intimate.
Cheek pouch —
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 —
a hinder or molar tooth.
Butment cheek —
See under Butment.