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Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef. -- Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the fase; esp., the malar bone. -- Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate. -- Cheek pouch (Zoöl.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding fo…

A pert of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

To put a collar on. To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it close with a string preparatory to cooking it.

Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.

o cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

here's a gentry cove here. Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. Mrs. Browning.

preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.

A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. Dana.

ttle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Shak.

ance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

y or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the rids and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.

originating in Herefordshire, England. The Herefords are good working animals, and their beef-producing quality is excellent.

s pods. -- Iron horse, a locomotive. [Colloq.] -- Salt horse, the sailor's name for salt beef. -- To look a gift horse in the mouth, to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; -- hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell. -- To take hors…

of Hang. Hung beef, the fleshy part of beef slightly salted and hung up to dry; dried beef.

To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

Hard salted beef supplied to ships. Junk bottle , a stout bottle made of thick dark-colored glass. -- Junk dealer, a dealer in old cordage, old metal, glass, etc. -- Junk hook (Whaling), a hook for hauling heavy pieces of blubber on deck. -- Junk ring. (a) A packing of soft material round the piston of a steam engin…