ingle-cheek Sc.
[f. ingle n.1]
The cheek or jamb of a fireplace.
| c 1774 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' iv, They a' drive to the ingle-cheek. 1785 Burns Vision i. iii, 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. |