side

n. [ AS. sīde; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. sīta, Icel. sī&unr_;a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. sīd large, spacious, Icel. sī&unr_;r long, hanging. ] 1. The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side. [ 1913 Webster ]

Looking round on every side beheld
A pathless desert. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (a) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather. (b) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side. [ 1913 Webster ]

One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side. John xix. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Along the side of yon small hill. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sets the passions on the side of truth. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sit upon thy father David's throne,
By mother's side thy father. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the side of, close at hand; near to. --
Exterior side. (Fort.) See Exterior, and Illust. of Ravelin. --
Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front. H. L. Scott. --
Side by side, close together and abreast; in company or along with. --
To choose sides, to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side. --
To take sides, to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His blind eye that sided Paridell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To suit; to pair; to match. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr. & vb. n. Siding. ] 1. To lean on one side. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party. [ 1913 Webster ]

All side in parties, and begin the attack. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. [ 1913 Webster ]

At a stately sideboard, by the wine,
That fragrant smell diffused. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse. J. H. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Physiol. Chem.) A theory proposed by P. Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which 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 accounts for the specific action of antitoxins). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Elec.) 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]