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Side
SIDE(Σίδη: Eth. Σιδήτης), a town with a good harbour on the coast of Pamphylia, 50 stadia to the wes...

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Side
·vi To lean on one side. II. Side ·noun Long; large; extensive. III. Side ·vt To furnish with a si...

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side
long ; my coat is very side ; i. e. very long. Also proud, steep. From the Saxon, SIDE, BID, or the ...

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side
All that part of a ship which extends from stem to stern in length, and from the upper edge of the g...

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Side
a city on the coast of Pamphylia, 10 or 12 miles to the east of the river Eurymedon. It is mentioned...

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yellow boys
Guineas. ...

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yallow boys
guineas. Exm. ...

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dough-boys
Hard dumplings boiled in salt water. A corruption of dough-balls. ...

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fisher-boys
The apprentices in fishing vessels. ...

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passed boys
Those who have gone through the round of instruction given in a training-ship. ...

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Crown side
·- ·see Crown office. ...

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Side line
·add. ·- A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing. II. Side line ·add. ·- A secondary road; ...

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Side slip
·add. ·- ·see <<Skid>>, below. ...

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Side-slip
·add. ·vi ·see <<Skid>>, below. ...

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Side-taking
·noun A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. ...

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

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Ditch Side
The Town Ditch, in Farringdon Ward Within ; the east side was included in Blackfriars precinct (Stry...

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Water Side
East out of All Hallows Lane, in Dowgate Ward, to Red Bull Yard and Angel Passage (L.C.C. Streets, 1...

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side pocket
He has as much need of a wife as a dog of a side pocket; said of a weak old debilitated man. He want...

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side-coat
a great coat. York. ...

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side-like
such-like. North. ...

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side-ropes
See entering-ropes ...

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exterior side
The side of an imaginary polygon, upon which the plan of a fortification is constructed. ...

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lee-side
All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...

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side-men
See side-boys ...

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side-keelsons
A name for sister-keelsons. First used in mortar-vessels to support the bomb-beds; later they have c...

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side-ladder
, or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...

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side-lever
A lever on each side of the cylinder of a marine steam-engine, resembling the beam of the ordinary l...

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side-pieces
Parts of a made mast. ...

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side-rods
Rods hanging from each of the cross-heads, one on each side of the cylinder of a steam-engine, and c...

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side-scale
A simple graduation, adopted by Sir Philip Broke in the Shannon, for the quick elevation or depressi...

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side-steps
Pieces of wood bolted to the side of a ship for the convenience of ascending; in smaller vessels the...

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top-side
All that part of a ship's side which is above the main-wales: that is, those strakes between the she...

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weather-side
That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...

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pull-away-boys
A name given on the West Coast of Africa to the native Kroo-men, who are engaged by the shipping to ...

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Side-chain theory
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...

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Fleet Ditch Side
By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732). ...

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Foss Side Warehouses
On Tower Hill, east side, extending to Irongate (Lockie, 1816). So called as being by the Tower Dit...

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side-saddle flower
(Lat. Sarracenia.) A plant, as well as its whole genus, of very singular structure. It grows in swam...

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side counter-timber
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...

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steps of the side
Pieces of quartering nailed to the sides amidships, from the wale upwards; for the people ascending ...

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Church Side Alley, Fetter Lane
See Churchyard Alley. ...

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to pinch on the parson's side
To defraud the parson of his tithe. ...

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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...

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Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle
In Queen Street, Cheapside. See Great St. Thomas Apostle. ...

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flag-side of a split fish
The side without the bone. ...

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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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side out for a bend, to
The old well-known term to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side, in order to m...

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