The Collaborative International Dictionary
Side \Side\ (s[imac]d), n. [AS. s[=i]de; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. s[=i]ta, Icel. s[=i]?a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. s[=i]d large, spacious, Icel. s[=i]?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. 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. Looking round on every side beheld A pathless desert. --Milton. 4.
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.
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The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side.
--John xix. 34.5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
Along the side of yon small hill.
--Milton.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.
God on our side, doubt not of victory.
--Shak.We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics.
--Landor.Sets the passions on the side of truth.
--Pope.7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
To sit upon thy father David's throne, By mother's side thy father.
--Milton.8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
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.
Usage examples of "by the side of".
She parked the car by the side of the road, got out and went over to look through the ironwork of the gate.
She expected the tumult of doves or pigeons that had spiraled around her by the side of the highway, or the blinding blizzard of birds that she alone had seen while in the Expedition.
The driver gave no notice to the Indians who sat on horseback by the side of the road.
The body will lie in state for four days, and should I not return in that interval, you will cause it to be conveyed, without pomp or ceremony, according to the wishes of the departed, to the church of Ormskirk, there to be deposited in our family vault beneath the Derby chapel by the side of my angelic mother.
Although the next day was very stormy, Diamond forgot all about the hole, for he was busy making a cave by the side of his mother's fire with a broken chair, a three-legged stool, and a blanket, and then sitting in it.
At length a little brook obstructing his passage, he threw himself down by the side of it.
In her eagerness and compassion she was on her knees by the side of the infernal machine, plucking at the ropes with her delicate fingers.
A lamp stood on a table by the side of the bed and the light streamed down upon her white shoulders and bare throat.
Amid all this mirth a man of short stature and robust frame, clad in the livery of the city, ascended the platform and placed himself by the side of the culprit.
A traveling menagerie was camped amid afternoon shadows in a large clearing by the side of the road.
She was placed in the southern tower, along with her sister Jacqueline, a bell of inferior size, enclosed in a cage of less magnitude by the side of her own.
During his ripe years he stood by the side of Theodoric, minister in prime trust, doubtless helping to shape that wise and benevolent policy which made the reign of the Ostrogoth a time of rest and hope for the Italian people—.
The hunter, along with Kujulo and the three other Kushans, were waiting for them by the side of road.
Coldly, obediently, impassively, as if she were walking in a dream, the spirit-broken girl moved by the side of her scarce-human leader.
I did it in a good old middle-class house near Putney, a house with a crescent of carriage drive, a house with a stable by the side of it, a house with the name on the two outer gates, a house with a monkey tree.