See cheeksI
·noun The cheek bone. II. Cheek ·noun The branches of a bridle bit. III. Cheek ·vt To be impudent ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30; Micah 5:1). T...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Insolent language. ♦ Own cheek, one's self. ♦ Cheeky, flippant. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
♦ Dagger-knees are those which are fixed rather obliquely to avoid an adjacent gun-port, or where, f...
Usually fitted to the fore-topmast head, for the purpose of leading the jib-stay, halliards, &c. ...
Timbers going athwart the ship, from the sides to the hatchway, serving to sustain the deck on both ...
Those hanging knees which compass or arch over the angle of a man-of-war's ports, rider, &c. ...
Those which are applied under the lodging-knees, and are fayed vertically to the sides. ...
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
, or deck-beam knees. Those riding on the hanging or dagger-knees, and fixed horizontally in the s...
See deck standard-knees. ...
, or staple-lodging knees. The same as deck standard-knees (which see). ...
Those which secure the after, main, and fore thwarts to the rising and gunwales, and which support t...
Curved timbers, or pieces of iron, which bind and connect the ship's quarter to the transoms, being ...
Side by side, hand to fist. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
The same as lodging-knees. ...
Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a h...
See staple-knees ...