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A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall.

Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.

A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.

Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.

A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.

A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions.

Same as Rock tripe, under Rock.

A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes.

s of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear distorted.

Fully awake; not Dickens.

ree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton.

An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid. Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. -- To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.

or pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass.

s or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers. Blind alley, an alley closed at one end; a cul-de-sac. -- Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. Knight. -- Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. -- Blind cat (Zoöl.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris),…

A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat. [Obs.]

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches. Beneath thy branchy bowers of thickest gloom. J. Scott.

he preservation and usefulness of the bridge, and prevent the enemy from crossing; a tête-de-pont.

Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de- Dôme in Auvergne, France, where it is found.