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Cheeks of a block

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.

  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 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.