Side
[Adjective]
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1. Lateral; as a side post; but perhaps it would be better to consider the word as compound.
2. Being on the side or toward the side; oblique; indirect. The law hath no side respect to their persons. One mighty
squadron with a side wind
sped. So we say, a side view, a side blow.
3. Long; large; extensive.
Side
[Noun]
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1. The broad and long part of surface of a thing, as distinguished from the end, which is of less extent and many be a point; as the side of a
plank; the side of a chest; the side of a house or of a ship. One side of a lens may be concave, the other convex. side is distinguished from edge; as the side of a knife or sword.
2. Margin; edge;
verge; border; the exterior line of any thing, considered in length; as the side of a tract of land or a field, as distinct from the end. Hence we say, the side of a river; the side of a road; the east and west side of the American continent.
3. The part of an animal between the back and the face and
belly; the part of which the ribs are situated; as the right side; the left side This is quadrupeds is usually the broadest part.
4. The part between the top and bottom; the slope,
declivity or
ascent, as of a hill or mountain; as the side of mount
Etna.
5. One part of a thing, or its
superficies; as the side of a ball or sphere.
6. Any part considered in respect to its direction or point of compass; as to
whichever side we direct our view. We see difficulties on every side
7. Party; faction; sect; any man or body of men considered as in opposition to another. One man enlists on the side of the
tories; another on the side of the whigs. Some persons change sides for the sake of popularity and office, and sink themselves in public
estimation. And sets the passions on the side of truth.
9. Any part being in opposition or
contradistinction to another; In the battle, the slaughter was great on both sides. Passion invites on one side; reason restrains on the other. Open justice bends on neither side
10. Branch or a family; separate line of descent; as, by the father's side he is descended from a noble family; by the mother's side his birth is respectable.
11. Quarter; region; part; as from one side of heaven to the other. To take sides, to embrace the opinions of
attach one's self to the interest of a party when in opposition to another. To choose side to select parties for competition in exercises of any kind.
Side
[Verb intransitive]
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2. To embrace the opinions of one party or
engage in its interest, when opposed to another party; as, to side with the
ministerial party. All side in parties and begin th' attack.
Side
[Verb transitive]
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1. To stand at the side of. [Not in use.]
2. To suit; to pair. [Not in use.]
Side
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
Side
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. The margin, edge,
verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
2. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
3. One of the
halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the
mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of
beef; a side of sole leather.
4. The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
5. A slope or
declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a
foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
9. Long; large; extensive.
Side
[Verb intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or
engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the
ministerial party.
Side
[Verb transitive]
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1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
2. To suit; to pair; to
match.
3. To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by
trimming the sides.
4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
Side-box
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A box or inclosed seat on the side of a
theater distinct from the seats in the pit.
A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.
Having a
paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
A piece of furniture or cabinet work consisting of a table or box with drawers or cells, placed at the side of a room or in a
recess, and used to hold
dining utensils, _ c.
A piece of
dining-room furniture having compartments and
shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Sidebone
[Noun]
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A morbid growth or deposit of
bony matter and at the sides of the
coronet and
coffin bone of a horse.
Sided
[Adjective]
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Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.
Sidehill
[Noun]
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The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.
Sideling
[Adverb]
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1.
Sidewise; with the side foremost; as, to go sideling through a crowd. It may be used as a participle; as, I saw him sideling through the crowd.
2. Sloping.
Sideling
[Adjective]
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Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
Sideling
[Adverb]
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Sidelong
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Lateral; oblique; not directly in front; as a sidelong
glance.
Sidelong
[Adverb]
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1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong
Sidelong
[Adjective]
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Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong
glance.
Sidelong
[Adverb]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
The
jamb, or
cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
Sider
[Noun]
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1. One that takes a side or joins a party.
Sideral
[Adjective]
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1. Relating to the stars.
The state of being
siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in
apoplexy or
paralysis.
1. SID'ERAL, SIDE'REAL, adjective [Latin sideralis, from sidus, a star.]
3. Containing stars;
starry; as SIDEREAL regions. SIDEREAL year, in astronomy, the period in which the fixed stars apparently complete a revolution and come to the same point in the heavens.
Sidereal
[Adjective]
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1. Relating to the stars;
starry;
astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
2. Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
Siderealize
[Verb transitive]
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