Side

sīd, n. the edge or border of anything: the surface of a solid: a part of a thing as seen by the eye: region, part: the part of an animal between the hip and shoulder: any party, interest, or opinion opposed to another: faction: line of descent: at billiards, a certain bias or kind of spinning motion given to a ball by striking it sidewise: ( slang ) a pretentious and supercilious manner, swagger.— adj. being on or toward the side: lateral: indirect.— v.i. to embrace the opinion or cause of one party against another.— v.t. ( Spens. ) to be on the same side with, to support: to cut into sides: to push aside, to set aside.— n.pl. Side′arms , arms or weapons worn on the side, as a sword or bayonet.— ns. Side′-beam , either of the working-beams of a marine engine, placed below the crank-shaft, on each side of the cylinder, instead of a central beam above the crank-shaft; Side′board , a piece of furniture on one side of a dining-room for holding dishes, .: ( pl. ) side-whiskers, stiff standing collars ( slang ).— n.pl. Side′-bones , enlargements situated above the quarters of a horse's feet, resulting from the conversion into bone of the elastic lateral cartilages.— ns. Side′box , a box or seat at the side of a theatre; Side′-chap′el , a chapel in an aisle or at the side of a church; Side′-comb , a small comb used to keep a lock of hair in place at the side of a woman's head; Side′-cous′in , a distant relative; Side′-cut , a cut from the side, an indirect attack; Side′-cut′ting , an excavation of earth along the side of a railway or canal to obtain material for an embankment.— adj. Sid′ed , having a side: flattened on one or more sides.— ns. Side′-dish , any supplementary dish at a dinner, ., specially flavoured; Side′-drum , a small double-headed drum in military bands; Side′-glance , a glance to one side; Side′-is′sue , a subordinate i ue aside from the main busine ; Side′light , light coming from the side, any incidental illustration: a window, as opposed to a sky-light, a window above or at the side of a door: one of the red or green lights carried on the side of a ve el under way at night; Side′-line , a line attached to the side of anything: any additional or extra line of goods sold by a commercial traveller: ( pl. ) the ropes binding the fore and hind feet on the same side of a horse.— adj. Side′ling , inclining to a side, sloping.— adv. sidewise, aslant.— n. Side′lock , a separate lock of hair worn at the side of the head.— adj. Side′long , oblique: not straight.— adv. in the direction of the side: obliquely.— n. the slope of a hill.— ns. Side′-note , a marginal note on a page, as opposed to a foot-note; Side′-part′ner ( U.S. ), one who shares a duty or employment with another alongside or alternately; Sid′er , a partisan: one living in any particular quarter of a city; Side′-rod , a coupling-rod of a locomotive: either of the rods of a side-beam engine connecting the cro -head on the piston-rod with the working-beam: either of the rods of a side-beam engine connecting the working-beams with the cro -head of the air-pump; Side′sadd′le , a saddle for women sitting, not astride, but with both feet on one side; Side′saddle-flower , a name sometimes given to a plant of the genus Sarracenia ; Side′-screw , a screw on the front edge of a carpenter's bench to hold the work fast: one of the screws fastening the lock plate of a gun to the stock; Side′-scrip′tion ( Scots law ), an old method of authenticating deeds written on several sheets of paper pasted together, by signing the name acro each junction; Side′-seat , a seat in a vehicle with the back against its side; Side′-show , an exhibition subordinate to a larger one; Side′-sleeve ( Shak. ), a loose hanging sleeve; Side′-slip , an oblique offshoot: a bastard; Sides′man , a deputy churchwarden: ( Milt. ) a partisan.— adj. Side′-split′ting , affecting the sides convulsively, as in boisterous laughter.— ns. Side′-stroke , a stroke given sideways; Side′-tā′ble , a table placed usually against the wall; Side′-view , a view on or from one side; Side′-walk , a foot-walk beside a street or road.— advs. Side′ways , Side′wise , toward or on one side.— adj. Side′-wheel , having side or paddle wheels.— ns. Side′-wind , a wind blowing laterally: any indirect influence or means; Sīd′ing , a short line of rails on which wagons are shunted from the main-line.— v.i. Sī′dle , to go or move side-foremost.— v.t. to cause to move sideways.— Side by side , placed with sides near each other.— Choose sides , to pick out opposing parties to contend with each other; Right , or Wrong , side , the side of anything (cloth, leather, .) intended to be turned outward or inward respectively; Take a side , to join one party in opposition to another; Take sides , to range one's self with one or other of contending parties; To one side , having a lateral inclination: out of sight. [A.S. síde ; Ger. seite , Dut. zijde .]