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, 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.
Side, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr.& vb. n. Siding.] 1. To lean on
one side. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in
opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the
ministerial party.
All side in parties, and begin the attack.
Pope.
Side, v. t. 1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
[Obs.]
His blind eye that sided Paridell.
Spenser.