Part 1833

<h1>Cheddar</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Ched"dar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to, or made at, <i>Cheddar</i>, in England; <as>as, <ex>Cheddar</ex> cheese</as>.</def>

<h1>Cheek</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheek</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cheke</ets>, <ets>cheoke</ets>, AS. <ets>c\'82ace</ets>, <ets>c\'82oce</ets>; cf. Goth. <ets>kukjan</ets> to kiss, D. <ets>kaak</ets> cheek; perh. akin to E. <ets>chew</ets>, <ets>jaw</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The side of the face below the eye.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cheek bone.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Caucer.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; <as>as, the <ex>cheeks</ex> (jaws) of a vise; the <ex>cheeks</ex> of a gun carriage, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The branches of a bridle bit.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Cool confidence; assurance; impudence.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<cs><col>Cheek of beef</col>. <cd>See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Beef</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cheek bone</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>the bone of the side of the fase; esp., the malar bone.</cd> -- <col>Cheek by jowl</col>, <cd>side by side; very intimate.</cd> -- <col>Cheek pouch</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food.</cd> -- <col>Cheeks of a block</col>, <cd>the two sides of the shell of a tackle block.</cd> -- <col>Cheeks of a mast</col>, <cd>the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest.</cd> -- <col>Cheek tooth</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a hinder or molar tooth.</cd> -- <col>Butment cheek</col>. <cd>See under <er>Butment</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cheek</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheek</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To be impudent or saucy to.</def> <mark>[Slang.]</mark>

<h1>Cheeked</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheeked</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a cheek; -- used in composition.</def> "Rose-<i>cheeked</i> Adonis."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cheeky</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheek"y</hw>, <def>a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.</def> <mark>[Slang.]</mark>

<h1>Cheep</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheep</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cheeped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chirp</er>]</ety>. <def>To chirp, as a young bird.</def>

<h1>Cheep</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheep</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To give expression to in a chirping tone.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cheep</b> and twitter twenty million loves. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cheep</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheep</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mousse.</def>

<h1>Cheer</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chere</ets> face, welcome, cheer, OF. <ets>chiere</ets>, F. <ets>ch\'8are</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>cara</ets> face, Gr. <?/ head; akin to Skr. <ets><?/iras</ets>, L. <ets>cerebrum</ets> brain, G. <ets>hirn</ets>, and E. <ets>cranium</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The face; the countenance or its expression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Sweat of thy <i>cheer</i>."