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hed from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.

A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing.

See Skid, below.

are themselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another through certain of their side chains, but only when these side chains have a definite correspondence in structure (this account for the specific action of antitoxins).

See Skid, below.

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.

ompartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.

A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse. J. H. Walsh.

Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.

A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (as lightning) and neighboring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.

The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]

Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew. A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down. Swift.

Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.

One who takes a side.

Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. "Sideral blast." Milton.

Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]

The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.] Ray.

Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.