CHEEKS, a general name among mechanics, for almost all those pieces of their machines and instruments, that are double, and perfectly alike. Thus,
The Checks of a Printing-press, are its two principal pieces: they are placed perpendicular, and parallel to each other; serving to sustain the three fommers, viz. the head, shelves, and winter, which bear the spindle, and other parts of the machine. See PRINTING-Press.