A name given by old sailors to the sheaves instead of blocks on the yards in light-rigged vessels.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Chafe>>. II. Chafing ·vt The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Ask cheeks near cunnyborough; the repartee of a St. Gilse's fair one, who bids you ask her backside,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
I. , or cheek-knees Pieces of compass-timber on the ship's bows, for the security of the beak-he...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Mats, sinnet, spun-yarn, strands, battens, scotchmen, and the like. ...
The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine a-se. ...
Large flaccid cheeks, hanging like the fat or blubber of a whale. ...
the frame of wood to which the door hangs, the door-posts. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The interior faces or sides of an embrasure. ...
The faces or projecting parts on each side of the masts, formed to sustain the trestle-trees upon wh...