ard will be found carved.

CHECKING-LINES. These are rove through thimbles at the eyes of the
top-mast and top-gallant rigging, one end bent to the lift and brace,
the other into the top. They are used to haul them in to the mast-head,
instead of sending men aloft.

CHEEK. Insolent language.--_Own cheek_, one's self.--_Cheeky_, flippant.

CHEEK-BLOCKS. Usually fitted to the fore-topmast head, for the purpose
of leading the jib-stay, halliards, &c.

CHEEKS. A general term among mechanics for those pieces of timber in any
machine which are double, and perfectly corresponding to each other. The
projections at the throat-end of a gaff which embrace the mast are
termed jaws. Also, the sides of a gun-carriage. (_See_ BRACKETS.) Also,
the sides of a block. Also, an old soubriquet for a marine, derived from
a rough pun on his uniform in olden days.

CHEEKS, OR CHEEK-KNEES. Pieces of compass-timber on the ship's bows, for
the security of the beak-head, or knee of the head, whence the term
_head-knee_. Two pieces of timber fitted on each side of a mast, from
beneath the hounds and its uppermost end. Also, the circular pieces on
the aft-side of the carrick-bitts.

CHEEKS OF AN EMBRASURE. The interior faces or sides of an embrasure.

CHEEKS OF THE MAST. The faces or projecting parts on each side of the
masts, formed to sustain the trestle-trees upon which the frame of the
top, together with the top-mast, immediately rest. (_See_ HOUNDS and
BIBBS.)

CHEER, TO. To salute a ship _en passant_, by the people all coming on
deck and huzzahing three times; it also implies to encourage or animate.
(_See also_ HEARTY and MAN SHIP!)

CHEERING. The result of an animated excitement in action, which often
incites to valour. Also, practised on ships parting at sea, on joining
an admiral, &c. In piratical vessels, to frighten their prey with a
semblance of valour.

CHEERLY. Quickly; with a hearty will. "Cheerly, boys, cheerly," when the
rope comes in slowly, or hoisting a sail with a few hands.

CHEESE. A circle of wads covered with painted canvas.

CHELYNGE. An early name of the cod-fish.

CHEQUE, OR CHECK. An office in dockyards. Cheque for muster, pay,
provision, desertion, discharged, or dead--under DDD. or DSq^d.

CHEQUE, CLERK OF THE. An officer in the royal dockyards, who goes on
board to muster the ship's company, of whom he keeps a register, thereby
to check false musters, the penalty of which is cashiering.

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