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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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