etc. — Side rod. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers,
in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel. — Side screw (Firearms), one of the
screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. — Side table, a table placed either
against the wall or aside from the principal table. — Side tool (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe
or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. — Side wind, a wind from one
side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.
Side
(Side), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr.& vb. n. Siding.]
1. To lean on one side. [Obs.] Bacon.
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.
All side in parties, and begin the attack.
Pope. Side
(Side), v. t.
1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. [Obs.]
His blind eye that sided Paridell.
Spenser. 2. To suit; to pair; to match. [Obs.] Clarendon.
3. (Shipbuilding) 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.
Sideboard
(Side"board`) n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping
or displaying articles of table service.
At a stately sideboard, by the wine,
That fragrant smell diffused.
Milton. Sidebone
(Side"bone`) n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the
coronet and coffin bone of a horse. J. H. Walsh.
Sided
(Sid"ed) a. Having (such or so many) sides; — used in composition; as, one-sided; many- sided.
Sidehill
(Side"hill`) n. The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]
Sideling
(Side"ling) adv. [OE. sideling, fr. side side. See Side, and cf. Sidelong, Headlong.] Sidelong; on
the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.
A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down.
Swift. Sideling
(Side"ling), a. Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
Sidelong
(Side"long`) adv. [See Sideling, adv.]
1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. [See Sideling, adv. ] Evelyn.
Sidelong
(Side"long`), a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
Goldsmith.
