Cheek /(chēk)/

Cheek

The side of the face below the eye.
The cheek bone. [Obs.]
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. (Mech.)
The branches of a bridle bit.
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. (Founding)
Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang]

Cheek of beef: See Illust. of Beef.
Cheek bone: the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone.
Cheek by jowl: side by side; very intimate.
Cheek pouch: 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: a hinder or molar tooth.
Butment cheek: See under Butment.

v. t.