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

‖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. ]

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 ]

n. a board on which cheeses are served.
Syn. -- cheese tray. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a hamburger with melted cheese on it. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A thin, loosely-woven cotton cloth of a gauze texture, such as is used in pressing cheese curds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. an erect or decumbent Old World perennial (Malva sylvestris) with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced into the U. S.
Syn. -- tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, Malva sylvestris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Keslop. ] A bag in which rennet is kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in cheese. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being cheesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. chītā. ] (Zool.) A species of leopard (Cynælurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is Cynælurus laneus. It runs very fast in short spurts while hunting. [ Written also chetah. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) the common rufous-sided towhee of eastern North America, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.
Syn. -- chewink, rufous-sided towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A coachman [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. couch&unr_;e a sleeping place from coucher. See Couch, v. t. ] A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [ Obs. ] Dryden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. débauché, n., properly p. p. of débaucher. See Debauch, v. t. ] One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ditrochaeus, Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; trochee. ] (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n., or . A mild Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty “filling, ” such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ A kind of cheese made at Gruyère, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse. [ 1913 Webster ]