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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Cheek by jowl (0.00732 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Cheek by jowl.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cheek by jowl cheek by jowl adv : in close proximity; “the houses were jumbled together cheek by jowl”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Cheek by jowl Jowl \Jowl\ (joul or j[=o]l), n. [For older chole, chaul, AS. ceaft jaw. Cf. Chaps.] The cheek; the jaw. [Written also jole, choule, chowle, and geoule.] [1913 Webster] Cheek by jowl, with the cheeks close together; side by side; in close proximity. “I will go with thee cheek by jole.” --Shak. “ Sits cheek by jowl.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[=e]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[`a]ce, ce[`o]ce; 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 (Zo["o]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. [1913 Webster]
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