ingle-cheekn.
Scottish.
The cheek or jamb of a fireplace.
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speera1600
ingle-cheekc1774
covings1796
fire cheek1825
c1774 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' iv They a' drive to the ingle-cheek.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 There, lanely, by the ingle-cheek, I sat and ey'd the spewing reek.
1899 Scott. Endeavour Oct. 2 Sitting on a low stool by the ingle cheek.
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