English Dictionary: chickpea plant | by the DICT Development Group |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Casse Paper \Cas"se Pa"per\ [F. papier cass[82]. See {Cass}.] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cesspipe \Cess"pipe`\ (s[ecr]s"p[imac]p`), n. A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[emac]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[agrave]ce, ce[ograve]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[94]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}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[emac]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[agrave]ce, ce[ograve]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[94]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}. |