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A yarn measure of six hundred yards or of a spindle. See Spindle.

Good cheer; viands. [Obs.] "Bellycheer and banquets." Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer." Milton.

The face; the countenance or its expression. [Obs.] "Sweat of thy cheer." Wyclif.

One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.…

In a cheerful manner, gladly.

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

In a cheery manner.

The state of being cheery.

In a manner to cheer or encourage.

Cheerfulness. [Obs.] There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.

Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser.

Gay; cheerful. [Obs.] Shak.

Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person. His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. Hawthorne.

The Dutch equivalent of Mr. or Sir; hence, a Dutchman.

See 1st Fere. [Obs.] Spenser.

The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.

Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. "Sheer ale." Shak. Thou sheer, immaculate, and silver fountain. Shak.

At once; absolutely. [Obs.]

The shearwater.