siding hook (sidinghuk)

A carpenters' tool used for marking accurately lengths of material to be fitted into determined spaces, as in fitting weather-boarding between a window frame and a corner-board. siding-machine (si'ding-ma-shēn"), n. A machine for sawing timber into boards; a resawing-machine. sidingst, adv. [ME. sidinges, syddynges; with adverbial gen. suffix- es, Bot thow moste seke more southe, syddynges a lyttille, ffor he wille hafe sent hym-selfe sex myle large. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1039. sidle (sī'dl), v.; pret. and pp. sidled, ppr. sidling. [ IMG:content-1023.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. To saunter idly about in no particular direction. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] II. trans . To cause to move in a sidling manner; direct the course of sidewise. [Rare.] Reining up Tomboy, she sidled him, snorting and glowing all over, close to the foot-path. Whyte Melville , White Rose, II. viii. sidlingt, adv. A Middle English form of side ling. Sidonian (si-dō'ni-an), a. and n. [Also Zidoni an; II. n. An inhabitant of ancient Sidon; especially, a Phenic i an living in Sidon or in the territory subject to it. siel (sī), v. [Also sigh, Sc. sey; (a) For when she gan hire fader fer espie, Wel neigh doun of hire hors she gan to sye. Chaucer, Troilus, v. 182. 2. To drop, as water; trickle. [Prov. Eng.] The rede blod seh ut. Old Eng. Hom. (E. E. T. S.), I. 121. II. trans. 11. To sift. Prompt. Parv., p. 455. -2. To strain, as milk. Palsgrave. [Prov. Eng.]