cheerl (cher)

[Early mod. E. also chear; It. cera) = Pr. Sp. Pg. car a, the face, look, In the swoot of thi chere , or face [ cheer , Purv.] thou shalt ete thi brede. Wyclif , Gen. iii. 19 (Oxf.). But he that king with eyen wrothe, His chere awaiward for me caste. Gower, Conf. Amant., I. 46. And he lowted his lege with a low chere , And grauntid to go with a goode wille. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1778.