A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Wrestling) A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t. To trip (a person) in this way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Pers. bakhshīsh, fr. bakhshīdan to give. ] In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter); a gratuity; a “tip”.
Syn. -- gratuity, tip, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.
Syn. -- gratuity, tip, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. Same as Backsheesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Horology) (a) A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance. (b) A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gael. bean-shith fairy; Gael. & Ir. bean woman + Gael. sith fairy. ] (Celtic Folklore) A supernatural being supposed to warn a family of the approaching death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice, as under the windows of the house. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Perh. from F. belle chère. ] Good cheer; viands. [ Obs. ] “Bellycheer and banquets.” Rowlands. “Loaves and bellycheer.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To revel; to feast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A pack of clergymen [ assembled ] by themselves to bellycheer in their presumptuous Sion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Banshee. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Written also bhistee, bhisti, etc. ] [ Per. bihishtī lit., heavenly. ] A water carrier, as to a household or a regiment. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ F., morsels, mouthfuls, fr. bouche mouth. ] (Cookery) Small patties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of soft French cream cheese; -- so called from the district in France where it is made; it is milder than Camembert; -- called also fromage de Brie, Brie and brie (uncapitalized). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

1. A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., or . A kind of rich, soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, France; also, any cheese of the same type, wherever made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or } n. See Carrageen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. a silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. [ Colloq. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. 1 to perform a cartwheel{ 2 }.
Syn. -- do cartwheels. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. [ 1913 Webster ]

See catherine wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom. ] 1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [ Written also Catharine wheel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ceàce, ceòce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw. ] 1. The side of the face below the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cheek bone. [ Obs. ] Caucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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 (Zool.), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Syn. -- zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a cheek; -- used in composition. “Rose-cheeked Adonis.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having no cheek. Opposite of cheeked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cheeped ] [ Cf. Chirp ]. To chirp, as a young bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give expression to in a chirping tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cheep and twitter twenty million loves. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chere face, welcome, cheer, OF. chiere, F. chère, fr. LL. cara face, Gr. ka`ra head; akin to Skr. çiras, L. cerebrum brain, G. hirn, and E. cranium. ] 1. The face; the countenance or its expression. [ Obs. ] “Sweat of thy cheer.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be of good cheer. Matt. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have not that alacrity of spirit,
Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

What cheer? How do you fare? What is there that is cheering? [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cheered p. pr. & vb. n. cheering. ] 1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. Cowpe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.

Syn. -- To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. A. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be in any state or temper of mind. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How cheer'st thou, Jessica? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

And even the ranks of Tusculum
Could scare forbear to cheer. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. “Thou cheerer of our days.” Wotton. “Prime cheerer, light.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. [ 1913 Webster ]

To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cheerful birds of sundry kind
Do chant sweet music. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.

Syn. -- Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cheerful manner, gladly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cheery manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being cheery. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner to cheer or encourage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cheerfulness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

-- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

My cheerful day is turned to cheerless night. Spenser.

Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; disconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gay; cheerful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Cheerily. [ Archaic ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Displaying evident cheerfulness; cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person; a cheery hello.
Syn. -- pleasant, sunny. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chese, AS. cēse, fr. L. caseus, LL. casius. Cf. Casein. ] 1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia). [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. De Quincey. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cheese cake, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior. --
Cheese fly (Zool.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called skippers or hoppers, live in cheese. --
Cheese mite (Zool.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food. --
Cheese press, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. --
Cheese rennet (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family (Golium verum, or yellow bedstraw), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. --
Cheese vat, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making. [ 1913 Webster ]