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ˈside-hill Now U.S.
[side n.1]
A hill-side, an acclivity.
1708[see below]. 1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 44 The steep side-hills, which form the small but handsome vale of Ashcombe. 1857Thoreau Maine W. (1894) 82, I arrived upon a side-hill, or rather side-mountain. 1893K. A. Sanborn S. California 85 As to the safety of the ascent, no one need hesitate who is free from settled prejudice against a side-hill.
attrib.1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4489/3 The Fee-simple and Inheritance of the Manor of Park-Manston,..containing..46 Acres of Uplands, or Side-hill-Lands,..are to be sold. 1861Stephens & Burn Farm-buildings §1762 Plan of second storey of American side-hill barn. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2173/1 Side-hill Plow, a plow whose cutting apparatus is reversible, so as to throw its furrow-slice to the right or left, as may be desired. 1897Howells Landlord at Lion's Head 219 They walked down the side-hill street. |