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

3. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit
of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia).
[Colloq.]

4. 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.
De Quincey. Thackeray.

Cheese cake, a cake made of or filled
with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter.
Prior. -- Cheese fly
(Zoöl.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila
casei) of which the larvæ or maggots, called
skippers or hoppers, live in cheese. --
Cheese mite (Zoöl.), a minute
mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of
food. -- Cheese press, a press used in
making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press
the curd into a mold. -- Cheese rennet
(Bot.


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