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<hw>Cheer"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Cheerily.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Cheerry</h1> <Xpage=244>

<hw>Cheer"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; <as>as, a <ex>cheery</ex> person</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His <b>cheery</b> little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Cheese</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Cheese</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chese</ets>, AS. <ets>c\'c7se</ets>, fr. L. <ets>caseus</ets>, LL. <ets>casius</ets>. Cf. <er>Casein</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed togehter in the form of a cheese.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The flat, circuliar, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (<spn>Malva rotundifolia</spn>).</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.</def>

<i>De Quincey. Thackeray.</i>

<cs><col>Cheese cake</col>, <cd>a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. <i>Prior<i>.</cd> -- <col>Cheese fly</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a black dipterous insect (<spn>Piophila casei</spn>) of which the larv\'91 or maggots, called <i>ckippers<i> or <i>hoppers<i>, live in cheese.</cd> -- <col>Cheese mite</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a minute mite (<spn>Tryoglyhus siro</spn>) in cheese and other articles of food.</cd> -- <col>Cheese press</col>, <cd>a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold.</cd> -- <col>Cheese rennet</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a plant of the Madder family (<spn>Golium verum</spn>, or <i>yellow bedstraw<i>), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. -- <i>Cheese vat<i>, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cheeselep</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Cheese"lep</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Keslop</er>.]</ety> <def>A bag in which rennet is kept.</def>

<h1>Cheesemonger</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Cheese"mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deals incheese.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Cheeseparing</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Cheese"par`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A thin portion of the rind of a cheese.</def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Scrimping; mean; <as>as, <ex>cheeseparing</ex> economy</as>.</def></def2>

<h1>Cheesiness</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chees"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being cheesy.</def>

<h1>Cheesy</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chees"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.</def>

<h1>Cheetah</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chee"tah</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind. <ets>ch\'c6t\'be</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of leopard (<spn>Cyn\'91lurus jubatus</spn>) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is <spn>C. laneus</spn>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>chetah</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Chef</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chef</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A chief of head person.</def>