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CHECK, or Check-Roll, a roll or book, wherein 
are contained the names of fuch perfons as are attend¬ 
ants on, and in the pay of, the king, or other great per- 
fonages, as their houfehold fervants. It is otherwife called 
the chequer-roll, and feems to take its etymology from the 
exchequer. 
Clerk of the Check in the royal dockyards, an officer 
who keeps a mutter or regilter of all the men employed 
aboard his majefty’s (liips and veffels, and alfo ot all the 
artificers and others in the i'ervice of the navy at the port 
where he is fettled. 
To CHECICER, or Chequer,^, a. [from echecs, chefs, 
Fr.] To variegate or diverfity, in the manner of a chefs- 
board, with alternate colours, or with darker and bright¬ 
er parts.—In the chefs-board, the ufe of each chefs-man 
is determined only within that chequered piece of wood. 
Locke. 
The grey-eyed morn frniles on the frowning night, 
Check'ring the ealtern clouds with ftreaks of light. Shake/. 
CHECK'ER, or Checker-work, /. Work varied al¬ 
ternately as to its colours or materials.—Nets of checker- 
work and wreaths of chain-work for the chapiters which 
were upon the top of the pillars, i Kings. 
CHECK'MATE,/ [echec et mat, Fr.] Themovement 
on the chels-board that kills the oppollte men, or hinders 
them from moving: 
Love they him call’d, that gave me the checkmate, 
But better might they have behote him hate.- Spenfer. 
CHECK'Y, in heraldry, is when the (hield, or a bor- 
dure, &c-is chequered, ordivided into chequers or fquares, 
in manner of a chefs-board. This is one of the moft 
noble and moft ancient figures ufedin armoury ; and was 
given to none but great warriors, in token of their bra¬ 
very; for the chefs-board reprefents a field of battle; 
and the pawns placed on both fides reprefent the foldiers 
of the two armies, which move, attack, advance, or re¬ 
tire, according to the will of the gamefters, who are the 
generals. This figure is always ccmpofed of metal and 
colour. But feme authors reckon it among the feveraj 
forts of furs. 
CHE'CO, or Kecio, or Tong-tow, a towm of Afia, 
and capital of the country of Tonquin, fituated on the 
river Songkoi, 100 miles from its mouth. 
CHEDABUC'TO, or Milford Haven, a large and 
deep bay of North America, on the eafternmoft part of 
Nova-Scotia, at the mouth of the gut of Canfo. Oppo- 
fite to its mouth hands Ifle Madame. Salmon river falls 
into this bay from the weft, and is remarked as one of 
the greateft fifheries in the world. 
CHED'DER, a village in the county of Somerfet, fitu¬ 
ated under the fouth-W'eft fide of the Mendip hills, and 
celebrated for its excellent cheefe: feven miles diftant 
from Wells, two from Uxbridge ; and 149 from London. 
Chedder is alfo remarkable for its wonderful rocks, of 
which it is almoft impoffible to give an adequate defcrip~ 
tion. The chafm by which, the cliffs are formed, does 
not difclofe itfeif until we Come near a mill, turned by 
a rapid brook thatgufhes out near the entrance, and foon 
afterwards lofes itielf in the river Ax. Proceeding by 
the fide of this brook, we are fuddenly ftruck by a divi¬ 
sion in the fide of the mountain, of the extent of which 
we no Sooner form an idea, than we find it erroneous ; for 
the rocks project one behind another fo as often to pre¬ 
vent the eye’s further progrefs. We are conftantly de¬ 
ceived, and at length difcover that this ltupendous chafm 
extends quite through the fouth-weft ridge of Mendip,. 
from top to bottom, the length being at leaft two miles, 
at the end of which it divides into twm branches, fo as to 
allow an eafy afcent to the top of the hills. The direc¬ 
tion is winding, but on the whole nearly from fouth-weft 
to north-eaft. In many points the cliffs rife to the height 
of full 300 feet, quite perpendicularly, fome terminating 
in bold pinnacles, others in irregular fragments like (hat- 
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teied battlements of vaft cattles, and others inclining as 
if about to crulh the ipeftator as he pafles under. Yews 
projeft out of feveral of the fiffures, forming lofty cano¬ 
pies of a folemn (hade ; many rocks wear long mantles 
of ivy, which have the moft piiturefque and beautiful 
appearance, compared with the craggy nakednefs of the 
others. The fcenery varies continually, and to catch all 
its fublime effefcs it is neceffkry to traverfe the gap back¬ 
ward and forward for fome time. The width decreafes 
gradually towards the termination, the bottom appearing 
more and more overfpread with fragments of rock, which 
render it in fome places with difficulty paffable. On the 
right hand, the cliffs are much fteeper than on the left, 
and for the moft part inacceffhble; but it may be remarked 
that, in general, thefaliant angles on one fide correfpond 
with the recipient ones on the other. Indeed every cir- 
cumftance contributes to imprefs a belief that the moun¬ 
tain muft have been here violently rent afunder, either 
in confequence of fome remote part fuddenly lofing its 
fupport, and fubfiding, or of fome fubterraneous force- 
operating immediately below this part, and elevating if 
above the level of the reft. The inclination of the ftrata-,, 
which are from one foot to three feet in thicknefs, is to 
the fouth-weft nearly, the general dire&ionof them being 
from north-weft to fouth-eaft; this is the courfe of the 
hills, the height of which feems to increafe northward, 
and particularly near the village of Loxton, -where is a 
prodigious eminence called Crook’s peak. Though the 
cliffs are not fo wide apart as thofe of Dovedale, yet (ex¬ 
cepting that the latter are more profufely adorned with 
wood) there is- a great refeinblance between thefe two 
grotefque fpots. The rocks of Chedder are certainly on 
the gran deft and boldeftfcale; on the other hand, they 
have not the advantage of a beautiful ftreafn, like the 
Dove, dividing them. Stupendous as they are, there is 
a contiguous part of Mendip fome hundred feet higher. 
Hoping from their tops with a gradual afcent, and com¬ 
manding, particularly to the weft and fouth, a moft ex- 
ten five profpehl. 
CHE'DUBA, an ifland in the bay of Bengal, near the 
coaft of Ava, thirty miles long, and nine wide. Lat. 18. 
50. N. Ion. 93. 45. E.Greenwich. 
CHE'GO-HILLS, hills of Hindooftan, near the foutii- 
coaft of the country of Gutch. 
CHEEK, / [ceac, Sax.] The fide of the face below 
the eye -. 
Daughter of the rofe, whofe cheeks unite 
The differing titles of the red and white; 
Who heav’n’s alternate beauty well difplay. 
The blufh of morning and the milky way. Dryden. 
A general name among mechanics for almoft all thofe 
pieces of their machines and inftruments that are dou¬ 
ble, and perfeclly alike; as the cheeks of a printing-prefs, 
of a turner’s lathe/ of a glazier’s vice, &c. 
CHEEK by JOLE, dole together,, fide to fide. 
CHEEK,/ in fhip-building, apiece of timber,fitted on 
each fide of the mail at the top, to ftrengthen it. The 
uppermoft piece of timber in the beak of a fliip is called' 
the cheek. The knees which fatten in the beak-head of 
the (hip are called cheeks ; and the fides of any block, or 
the fides of a (hip’s carriage of a gun, are called cheeks. 
CHEEK-BONE,/ I cut the tumour, and felt the (lug ; 
it lay partly under the os jugale, or check-bone. Wife man. 
CHEEK-TOOTH, /. The hinder-tooth or tu(k.—• 
He hath the cheek-teelh of a great lion. Joel. 
CHEER, / [cbere , Fr. entertainment; cara, Sp. the 
countenance. It feems to have, in Engliffi, fome relation, 
to both thefe fenfes..] Entertainment; provifions ferved 
at a feaft.—Better cheer you may have, but not with bet¬ 
ter heart. Shakefpeare. —Invitation to gaiety : 
You do not give the cheer ; the feaft is fold 
That is not often vouched, while ’tis making, 
’Tis given with welcome. Shakefpeare , 
Gaiety 5. 
