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Residence. [Obsoles.]

a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; -- opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.

A resident. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade.

Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Dr. H. More.

The office or condition of a residentiary.

The office or condition of a resident.

One who resides in a place.

The side or bank of a river.

Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

The land bordering on, or adjacent to, the sea; the seashore. Also used adjectively.

Considering in one's own mind; deliberating. Pope.

eral species of small fishes of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labad…

Having flat sides; hence, tall, or long and lank. [Colloq. U. S.]

The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

Same as Slickensides.

Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.

cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided. "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside." C. Middleton.

The act or process of subsiding. The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton.

Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three- sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp.