- Cheek tooth
- Cheek Cheek (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[`a]ce,
ce[`o]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin
to E. chew, jaw.]
1. The side of the face below the eye.
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2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
{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} (Zo["o]l.), 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}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.