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siding |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Side \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Siding \Sid"ing\, n. 1. Attaching one's self to a party. 2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: siding n 1: a short stretch of track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: {railroad siding}, {sidetrack}] 2: material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
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