The side of the face below the eye and in front of the ear; the cheek or temple area, used in Scottish English.
From Scottish dialect, possibly from Old English or Scandinavian origins; the exact etymology is unclear but it's been used in Scots for centuries to describe facial anatomy.
Many Scottish words for body parts come from medieval times and show us how people organized their physical understanding of the human body differently than we do today.
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