4. pl.
Defn: The branches of a bridle bit. Knight.
5. (Founding)
Defn: 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
Cheek, v. t.
Defn: To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]
CHEEKED
Cheeked, a.
Defn: Having a cheek; — used in composition. "Rose-cheeked Adonis."
Shak.
CHEEKY
Cheek"y,