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CHEEK, n.

1. The side of the face below the eyes on each side.
2. Among mechanics, cheeks are those pieces of a machine which form corresponding sides, or which are double and alike as the cheeks of a printing press, which stand perpendicular and support the three sommers, the head, shelves and winter the cheeks of a turners lathe the cheeks of a glaziers vise the cheeks of a mortar, and of a gun-carriage the cheeks of a mast, which serve to sustain the trestle trees, &c.

Cheek by jowl, closeness, proximity.

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Entry for 'Cheek'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/cheek.html.
 
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