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trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way. [Slang, U.S.]

the sides. -- Side cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] -- Side dish, one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. -- Side glance, a glance or brief look to one side. -- Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. -- Side lever, a working b…

from Sile to strain. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Siling dish, a colander. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

A dish made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd; also, sweetened cream, flavored with wine and beaten to a stiff froth. [Written also syllabub.]

Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims. Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts. Bacon. He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts. South. He read in their looks . . . sinister intentions directed particularly toward himself. Sir…

Disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium. Thou slander of thy mother's heavy womb. Shak.

derives its name from the fact that it was adopted or largely developed from a similar Swedish system, in which wood carving was a chief feature. Its purpose is not only to afford practical skill in some trade, but also to develop the pupils mentally and physically.

To flatter; to use blandishment. Because I can not flatter and speak fair, Smile in men's faces, smooth, deceive and cog. Shak.

rning snuff happens to get out of the snuffers, you have a chance that it may fall into a dish of soup. Swift.

See Sore, reddish brown. Soar falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.

A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium.

h we owe to the French Communists], signifies a fellowship in gain and loss, in honor and dishonor, in victory and defeat, a being, so to speak, all in the same boat. Trench. The solidarity . . . of Breton and Welsh poetry. M. Arnold.

release; deliverance; disharge. [Obs.] Barrow.

Blandishment; cajolery. [Obs.] Shak.

To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. Shak. I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. Addison.

Reddish brown; sorrel. [R.] Sore falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore, n., 1.

A yellowish or reddish brown color; sorrel.

Of a yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.

A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.