The (Latin: ''malar'') are the fleshy area of the Face below the Eyes and between the Nose and the left or right Ear , the skin being suspended by the Chin and the Jaws .
The word is also used
- metaphorically as a euphemism for either of the two Buttocks , also denoted as either a left or right cheek.
- to describe a dog resulting from the breeding of a Chihuahua and a Pekingese . This is a not a pure breed, but a mixed breed.
The word Cheek is also an old family surname from Anglo-Saxon England that predates the Norman invasion. The Cheek family was among the first to immigrate to the US colonies in the early 17th century.
The family crest is a white shield with three red crescents.
http://cheekfamilychronicles.homestead.com/CheekFamilyChronicles.html
Some prominent members of the Cheek family:
- Michael Case Cheek, Rear Admiral, USN (aboard the USS Missouri for the Japanese Surrender in WWII)
- James Richard Cheek, U.S. Ambassador
- Joey Cheek, Olympic Gold Medal speedskater
- Joel Owsley Cheek, Maxwell House Coffee founder
- Sir John Cheke , 16th century tutor to King Edward VI, (and immortalized in a poem by Paradise Lost author, John Milton)
- Brig. General William Cheek Smartt (Rev. War and War of 1812 soldier, and signer of the 1835 Tennessee State Constitution)
- Mrs. Sonara Smart Dodd, Founder of Father's Day, (daughter of Mrs. Ellen Victoria Cheek-Smart)
- Mrs. Catherine Ann Cheek-Ellington, First Lady of Tennessee (during the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King)
|
