3. (Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether
made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the
like.
4. (Shipbuilding) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right
angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a
siding of ten inches.
Si"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sidled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sidling
(?).] [From Side.] To go or move with one side foremost; to move
sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. Swift.
He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl.
Sir W. Scott.
Siege (?), n. [OE. sege, OF. siege, F. siège a seat, a siege; cf. It.
seggia, seggio, zedio, a seat, asseggio, assedio, a siege, F. assiéger
to besiege, It. & LL. assediare, L. obsidium a siege, besieging; all
ultimately fr. L. sedere to sit. See Sit, and cf. See, n.] 1. A seat;
especially, a royal seat; a throne. [Obs.] "Upon the very siege of
justice." Shak.
A stately siege of sovereign majesty, And thereon sat a woman
gorgeous gay.
Spenser.
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . . And Merlin
called it "The siege perilous."
Tennyson.