Cheek (?), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. c'eace, c'eoce; 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 fase; 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.
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Cheek (?), v. t.
To be impudent or saucy to.
[Slang.]
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