<B>sideway, </B>adverb, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv., adj. </I> <B>=sideways.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a side street, as distinguished from a main road; byway. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=sidewalk.</B> </DL>
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<B>sideways, </B>adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to one side; toward one side. <BR> <I>Ex. to walk sideways. Backwards and forwards and sideways did she pass (Rudyard Kipling).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>from one side. <BR> <I>Ex. a sideways glimpse.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>with one side toward the front; with a side other than the usual side facing upward or outward. <BR> <I>Ex. to stand sideways, to place a book sideways on a shelf.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>at one side of a place. </DL>
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<B>side-wheel, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a paddle wheel on each side. <BR> <I>Ex. A leisurely trip up the Volga in a side-wheel steamer left over from Czarist days (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>side-wheeler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a side-wheel steamer. <BR> <I>Ex. in 1839, twenty years after the "side-wheeler" Savannah made the first steamship crossing of the Atlantic Ocean (Beauchamp, Mayfield, and West).</I> </DL>
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<B>side whisker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a hair growing long on the side of the face. <BR><I>expr. <B>side whiskers,</B> </I>the whiskers that grow on the cheek or side of the face. <BR> <I>Ex. Pale young men with larded hair and Valentino-black side whiskers (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
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<B>side-whiskered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having side whiskers. </DL>
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<B>side wind,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wind blowing from or on a side of an aircraft or ship. <BR> <I>Ex. The airplane is usually drifting sideways under the influence of side winds but the 67 determines the drift and allows for it (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>sidewinder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small rattlesnake of the southwestern United States that travels in a sideways direction by looping its body. <DD><B> 2. </B>a heavy blow delivered from the side, in which the fist is swung at or near the level of the shoulder through an arc of approximately 45 degrees. </DL>
<B>sidhe, </B>noun, pl. <B>sidhe</B> or <B>sidhes.</B> =shee.</DL>
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<B>siding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a short railroad track to which cars may be switched from a main track. (SYN) sidetrack. <DD><B> 2. </B>the boards, shingles, or other material forming the outside wall of certain types of frame buildings, nailed to a house over the sheathing or directly to the studs of a barn. <BR> <I>Ex. The personnel building now under construction is using aluminum siding and roofing.</I> </DL>
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<B>sidle, </B>verb, <B>-dled,</B> <B>-dling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to move sideways. <BR> <I>Ex. "I can't bear those things," Wilson said, sidling through the door (Graham Greene).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to move sideways slowly so as not to attract attention. <BR> <I>Ex. The little boy shyly sidled up to the visitor.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to move, turn, or direct sideways. <BR> <I>Ex. The rider sidled his horse towards the tree and picked off an apple.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a movement sideways. </DL>
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<B>SIDS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> sudden infant death syndrome. </DL>
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<B>siecle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) century; age; epoch (especially in English contexts in certain phrases, as <I>fin de siecle</I>). </DL>
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<B>siege, </B>noun, verb, <B>sieged,</B> <B>sieging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of surrounding a fortified place by an army trying to capture it; besieging or being besieged. <BR> <I>Ex. Troy was under siege for ten years. The country was in a state of siege, and tanks were lined up in front of the Presidential palace (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any long or persistent effort to overcome resistance; any long-continued attack. <BR> <I>Ex. a siege of illness.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) a seat, especially one used by a person of rank or distinction. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a place in which one has his seat or residence; seat of rule, empire, etc. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>=besiege.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>lay siege to,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to besiege. </I> <I>Ex. He [Frederick the Great] laid siege to Prague, but was defeated in the battle of Kolin (Robert G. L. Waite).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to attempt to win or get by long and persistent effort. <BR> <I>Ex. His great ambition made him lay siege to all those who could help him achieve it.</I> </DL>
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<B>siegecraft, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the military science or art of besieging a city or fortified place. </DL>
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<B>Siege Perilous,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the vacant seat at King Arthur's Round Table, that could be occupied only by the knight who was destined to find the Holy Grail. </DL>
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<B>siege piece,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a coin, commonly of unusual shape and rude workmanship, struck and issued in a place during a siege, when the operations of the ordinary mints are suspended or their issues are not available. </DL>
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<B>siege train,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the equipment of guns, carriages, ammunition, and the like, carried with an army for the purpose of besieging. </DL>
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<B>Siegfried, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German Legend.) a hero who killed a dragon, won the treasure of the Nibelungs, acquired a magic sword, and rescued Brunhild from an enchanted sleep. </DL>
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<B>Siegfried Line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an elaborate network of German fortifications facing the French Maginot Line, built shortly before World War II. </DL>
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<B>Sienese, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ese.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Siena, a city and province of central Italy. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Siena. </DL>
<A NAME="sienite">
<B>sienite, </B>noun. =syenite.</DL>
<A NAME="sienna">
<B>sienna, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various mixtures of clay and oxides of iron and manganese, used as a pigment. In its natural state it is yellowish-brown (raw sienna). After heating, it becomes reddish-brown (burnt sienna). <DD><B> 2. </B>a yellowish brown or reddish brown. </DL>
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<B>sierozem, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a grayish soil found in temperate or cool arid regions, supporting sparse, shrubby vegetation. It is low in humus and its lime is near or on the surface. </DL>
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<B>sierra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a chain of hills or mountains whose peaks suggest the teeth of a saw. <BR> <I>Ex. The road wound up the bold sierra which separates the great plateaus of Mexico and Puebla (William H. Prescott).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of certain Spanish mackerels, such as the cero. </DL>
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<B>Sierra, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a code name for the letter <I>s,</I> used in transmitting radio messages. </DL>
<A NAME="sierraleonean">
<B>Sierra Leonean,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Sierra Leone, a country on the western coast of Africa. <BR> <I>Ex. Many distinguished Sierra Leoneans ... have professional and family ties of long standing with Britain (London Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with Sierra Leone or its people. </DL>
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<B>sierran, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a sierra. </DL>
<A NAME="sierraredwood">
<B>sierra redwood,</B> =giant sequoia.</DL>
<A NAME="siesta">
<B>siesta, </B>noun, verb, <B>-taed,</B> <B>-taing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a nap or rest taken at noon or in the afternoon. It is commonly taken during the hottest hours of the day in Spanish-speaking countries of the tropics or subtropics. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to rest or take a nap; indulge in a siesta. </DL>
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<B>sieur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a former French title of respect for a man; Sir. </DL>
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<B>Sieva bean,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a twining species of bean related to the Lima bean, with broad and curved pods containing flat seeds. </DL>
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<B>sieve, </B>noun, verb, <B>sieved,</B> <B>sieving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a utensil shaped like a bowl or cup and having holes that let liquids and smaller pieces pass through, but not the larger pieces. <BR> <I>Ex. Shaking flour through a sieve removes lumps: We use a sieve to strain soup.</I> (SYN) strainer, colander. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to put or pass through a sieve. adj. <B>sievelike.</B> </DL>
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<B>sieve cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) an elongated cell whose thin walls have perforations, usually at each end, which allow communication between adjacent cells of a similar nature. Sieve cells form the essential element of the phloem of lower vascular plants. </DL>
<A NAME="sieveoferatosthenes">
<B>sieve of Eratosthenes,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a method for finding prime numbers by writing down a series of whole numbers, beginning with 2, then crossing out all the second numbers except 2, all the third except 3, and so on until all but the prime numbers remain. The method was invented by Eratosthenes, 276?-194? B.C., a Greek mathematician. </DL>
<A NAME="sieveplate">
<B>sieve plate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) one of the thin walls of a sieve cell. </DL>
<A NAME="sievetissue">
<B>sieve tissue,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) tissue composed of sieve cells or sieve tubes. </DL>
<A NAME="sievetube">
<B>sieve tube,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a tubelike structure composed of thin, elongated cells connected through perforations in their end walls, forming the essential element of the phloem of higher vascular plants. <BR> <I>Ex. The thin-walled sieve tubes are often filled with colloidal material and have the appearance of containing live protoplasm (Fred W. Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>one of the cells that make up this structure; sieve cell. </DL>
<A NAME="sif">
<B>Sif, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Norse Mythology.) the blond-haired wife of Thor. </DL>
<A NAME="siffle">
<B>siffle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) a sibilant rale. </DL>
<A NAME="sifflot">
<B>sifflot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a whistle flute. <DD><B> 2. </B>a flute stop in an organ having a whistling tone. </DL>
