資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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. s[=i]d. 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.