sidewinder (sidwin"der)

1. The small horned rattler or rattlesnake of the southwestern parts of the United States, Crotal us ( Æch mophrys) cerastes. It is common in the desert region of the Gila and Colorado rivers in Arizona. The supraorbital plate is developed into a little horn over each eye, much like those of the African horned viper figured under Cerastes, whence the specific (and also the subgeneric) name. Compare side wiper. 2. A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. Webster. side-wings (sīd'wingz), n. pl. The openings in the wings of a theater affording side views of the stage. sidewalk (sīd'wak), n. A foot walk by the side of a street or road; specifically, a paved or otherwise prepared way for pedestrians in a town, usually separated from the roadway by ing the progre of the after-piece. a curb and gutter. Also (in Great Britain near- ly always) called pavement . He loved few things better than to look out of the It seems as if certain actors in some preceding comedy of his were standing at the side - wings, and critically watch The Atlantic, XLVIII. 402. side-wipe (sīd'wip), n. An indirect censure. Hall i well . [Prov. [Prov. Eng.] arched window, and see a little girl driving her hoop along side wiper (sid' wiper), the sidewalk, or school-boys at a game of ball. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xi.