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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)



   {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, etc.

   {Side rod}.
      (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead
          with the side levers, in a side-lever engine.
      (b) See {Parallel rod}, under {Parallel}.

   {Side screw} (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock
      is secured to the side of a firearm stock.

   {Side table}, a table placed either against the wall or aside
      from the principal table.

   {Side tool} (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or
      planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at
      the point.

   {Side wind}, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack,
      or indirect means. --Wright.
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