{ Sid`er*o*graph"ic (?), Sid`er*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. Of or
pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as,
siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
Sid`er*og"ra*phist (?), n. One skilled in siderography.
Sid`er*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; iron + -graphy.] The art or
practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by
Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first
rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling
the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus
becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by
electrotypy.
Sid"er*o*lite (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; iron + -lite.] A kind of
meteorite. See under Meteorite.
Sid"er*o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; iron + -mancy.] Divination by
burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.
Craig.
Sid"er*o*scope (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; iron + -scope.] An instrument for
detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very
delicate combination of magnetic needles.
||Sid`e*ro"sis (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; iron.] (Med.) A sort of
||pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of
||particles of iron.
Sid"er*o*stat (?), n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. &?;&?;&?;
standing, fixed, fr. &?;&?;&?;&?; to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus
consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw
the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general
term for heliostat.
||Sid`e*rox"y*lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; iron + &?;&?;&?;
||wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their
||very hard wood; ironwood.
Side"sad`dle (?), n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with
both feet on one side of the animal mounted.
Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously
shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.
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Sides"man (?), n.; pl. Sidesmen (&?;). 1. A party man; a partisan.
Milton.