Definition of cheek

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Cheek (n.) 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..

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Bracket :: Bracket (n.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
Aglow :: Aglow (adv. & a.) In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow..
Wang :: Wang (n.) The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone..
Meloplastic :: Meloplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to meloplasty, or the artificial formation of a new cheek..
Wanness :: Wanness (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever..
Cheeked :: Cheeked (a.) Having a cheek; -- used in composition.
Malar :: Malar (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the cheek bone, or to the malar bone; jugal..
Ruddy :: Ruddy (n.) Of a lively flesh color, or the color of the human skin in high health; as, ruddy cheeks or lips..
Baboon :: Baboon (n.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape..
Hottentot :: Hottentot (n.) One of a degraded and savage race of South Africa, with yellowish brown complexion, high cheek bones, and wooly hair growing in tufts..
Chap :: Chap (n.) One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc..
Blush :: Blush (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face..
Jugal :: "Jugal (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the malar, or cheek bone..
Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..
Trinucleus :: Trinucleus (n.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
Gena :: Gena () The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
Flush :: Flush (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush..
Chop :: Chop (n.) A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise..
Parrot :: Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases..
Doorcheek :: Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
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