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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.
Side
(Side) a.
1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden. 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
The law hath no side respect to their persons. Hooker. 3. [AS. sid. Cf Side, n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] Shak.
His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. Laneham. Side action, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved
by a lever that turns sidewise. — Side arms, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols,
etc. — Side ax, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. — Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule
authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application
being made to them in open court; — so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side
bar, that is, informally. Burril. — Side box, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.
To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper. — Side chain, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. — Side
cut, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] — Side dish, one of the dishes subordinate
to the main course. — Side glance, a glance or brief look to one side. — Side hook (Carp.), a
notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. — Side lever, a working beam
of a side-lever engine. — Side-lever engine, a marine steam engine having a working beam of each
side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them.
— Side pipe (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests
of the cylinder of a beam engine. — Side plane, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the
side of the stock. — Side posts (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the
same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam,
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