Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cheese

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Cheese


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(1):

(n.) The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

(2):

(n.) A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration.

(3):

(n.) A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.

(4):

(n.) The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).