Obs. rare–1. i.e., ‘Cheekaside’: applied to the groats coined in the 18th year of Henry VII., when the king’s head was, for the first time in English coinage, represented in profile.
1543. Richmond. Wills & Inv. (1853), 50. I gyff to the sayd George … ij hole angells of gold, and xxti of hold groyts cawlyd chekasydes, and my leyse of my fermold.
