Webster's Dictionary 1913

4888

Sideflash

Side″flash′ (?), n.(Elec.) A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (as lightning) and neighboring masses of metal, or be...

4889

Sidehill

Side″hill′ (?), n. The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.

4890

Sideling

Side″ling (?), adv. [OE. sideling, fr. side side. See Side, and cf. Sidelong, Headlong.] Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.A fellow nailed up maps... some...

4891

Sideling (2)

Side″ling, a. Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.

4892

Sidelong

Side″long′ (?), adv. [See Sideling, adv.] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. [See Sideling, adv.] Evelyn.

4893

Sidelong (2)

Side″long′, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith.

4894

Sidepiece

Side″piece′ (?), n.(Joinery) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.

4895

Sider

Sid″er (?), n. One who takes a side.

4896

Sider (2)

Si″der (?), n. Cider.

4897

Sideral

Sid″er‐al (?), a. [L. sideralis. See Sidereal.] 1. Relating to the stars.2. (Astrol.) Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. “Sideral blast.” Mil...

4898

Siderated

Sid″er‐a′ted (?), a. [L. sideratus, p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus, sideris, a constellation.] Planet-struck; blasted.

4899

Sideration

Sid′er‐a″tion, n. [L. sideratio.] The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplex...

4900

Sidereal

Si‐de″re‐al (?), a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. Sideral, Consider, Desire.] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy....

4901

Siderealize

Si‐de″re‐al‐ize (?), v. t. To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.German literature transformed, siderealized, as we see it in Goethe, reckons Wi...

4902

Sidereous

Si‐de″re‐ous (?), a. [L. sidereus.] Sidereal.

4903

Siderite

Sid″er‐ite, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. ����, ����, of iron, from ���� iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masse...

4904

Siderographic

{ Sid′er‐o‐graph″ic (?), Sid′er‐o‐graph″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.

4905

Siderographist

Sid′er‐og″ra‐phist (?), n. One skilled in siderography.

4906

Siderography

Sid′er‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -graphy.] The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved...

4907

Siderolite

Sid″er‐o‐lite (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -lite.] A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.

4908

Sideromancy

Sid″er‐o‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -mancy.] Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning. Craig.

4909

Sideroscope

Sid″er‐o‐scope (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -scope.] An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

4910

Siderosis

‖Sid′e‐ro″sis (?), n.(Med.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.

4911

Siderostat

Sid″er‐o‐stat (?), n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. ��� standing, fixed, fr. ���� to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so a...

4912

Sideroxylon

‖Sid′e‐rox″y‐lon (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

4913

Sidesaddle

Side″sad′dle (?), n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.Sidesaddle flower(Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curious...

4914

Sidesman

Sides″man (?), n.; pl.Sidesmen (�). 1. A party man; a partisan. Milton.2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.