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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8 words match “SIDEWAYS”

SIDEWAYS adv.
Toward the side; sidewise. A second refraction made sideways. Sir I. Newton. His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings. Longfellow.
ASKANCE; ASKANT adv.
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.
CRAB n.
l.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. -- Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies. -- Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. McElrath. -- To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he…
CROTCH CHAIN n.
A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, etc.
EDGE v.
To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.
FLANKER v.
To attack sideways. [Obs.] Evelyn.
SIDEWISE adv.
On or toward one side; laterally; sideways. I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids. Emerson.
VOLT n.
A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.