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v. t. [ L. adsignificare to show. ] To denote additionally. [ R. ] Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The side of a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing).
Syn. -- bedsitting room, bedsitter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A recess in a room for a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of the three bedrooms, two have fireplaces, and all are of fair size, with windows and bedsite well placed. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a furnished sitting room with sleeping accommodations (and some plumbing).
Syn. -- bedsitting room, bedsit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to attack a person from his blind side; metaphorically, to give a person an unpleasant suprise. He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gossip. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Goldfinny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire. ] Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Ground + sill. ] See Ground plate (a), under Ground [ 1913 Webster ]

n. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

20-20 hindsight,
twenty-twenty hindsight Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information that was not available when the decision was made. [ PJC ]

adj. causing little foam to form; -- used of e.g. detergents. Contrasted with high-sudsing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A person of the lowest stratum of society; -- a term of opprobrium or contempt. [ Southern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., after Prof. Tillands, of Abo, in Finland. ] (Bot.) An immense genus of epiphytic bromeliaceous plants confined to tropical and subtropical America. They usually bear a rosette of narrow overlapping basal leaves, which often hold a considerable quantity of water. The spicate or paniculate flowers have free perianth segments, and are often subtended by colored bracts. Also, a plant of this genus. Tillandsia usneoides, called Spanish moss, long moss, black moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees in the Southeastern United States and south to Argentina. It is often used for stuffing mattresses [ 1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl. ]