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CHEEKED
Adjective
cheeked (not comparable)
(usually, in combination) Having some specific type of cheek.
Verb
cheeked
simple past tense and past participle of cheek
Source: Wiktionary
Cheeked, a.
Definition: Having a cheek; -- used in composition. "Rose-cheeked Adonis." Shak.
CHEEK
Cheek, n. Etym: [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. céace, céoce; 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.)
Definition: 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.
Definition: The branches of a bridle bit. Knight.
5. (Founding)
Definition: 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
Cheek, v. t.
Definition: To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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