Head-cheese

Head-cheese
Head-cheese Head"-cheese` (h[e^]d"ch[=e]z`), n. A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pressed into a cheeselike mass. [1913 Webster]

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