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▪ I. ˈsidelong, adv.1 and a.1
Also side-long.
[f. side n.1 + -long. Cf. MDa. sidelangs, MSw. sidholangs adv.]
A. adv.
1. Towards the side; sideways, obliquely.
1580Baret Alvearie, Sidelong or sidewise, ex obliquo. 1589Nashe M. Marprelate Wks. (Grosart) I. 121 A crooked generation, that loues to swym side-long with the Crabbe. 1602R. Carew Cornwall 10 b, Their maner of working in the Loadmines, is to follow the Load as it lieth, either sidelong, or downe-right. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 197 As if..waters forcing way Sidelong, had push't a Mountain from his seat. 1718Freethinker No. 17 Taking her Hoop in one Hand in a great Fury, she squeezes side-long through a Passage two Yards wide. 1816Scott Antiq. xl, With these words she sunk back on the settle, and from thence sidelong to the floor. 1867Ruskin Time & Tide x. §58 That blue-lipped serpent—working its way sidelong in the sand.
2. Along the sides. rare—1.
1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 19 b, Which aulter (as I may tearme it) sidelong about, wrought with leaves.
3. So as to show the side. rare—1.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry vi. v. (1611) 264 This forme of Helmet placed sidelong and close doth Ger. Leigh attribute to the dignity of Knight.
4. To the side of; side by side; presenting the side to something.
1643True Informer 40 The Parliaments Forces were within six miles side-long of him. 1803Edwin III. iii. 49 When..our bands were engaged in war, sidelong we fought. 1846Hawthorne Mosses ii. xii, Seated within the shop, sidelong to the window. 1895Kipling 2nd Jungle Bk. 203 Each [dog] was fastened sidelong to his neighbour's neck.
5. On the side; with the side to the ground.
1667Milton P.L. iv. 333 Side-long as they sat recline On the soft downie Bank damaskt with flours. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. i. xl, Behoves no more, But sidelong, to the gently-waving wind, To lay the well-tun'd instrument reclin'd. 1757W. Wilkie Epigoniad iv. 95 He..sidelong on the beach the galley laid. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 334 Side-long the plough beside the field-gate lay.
b. Inclining to one side in moving along a slope.
1879Jefferies Wild Life vi. 119 On the hills where the waggons have to run ‘sidelong’ to pick up the crops one side higher than the other.
6. As prep. By or along the side of.
1523Fitzherb. Husb. §38 If she wyl not stande syde longe all the lambe, than gyue her a lytell hey. 1822Scott Halidon Hill i. ii, We'll..descend Sidelong the hill; some winding path there must be.
B. adj.
1. In a slanting direction; in a sloping position; inclining to one side; lying on the side.
1597A. M. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 28/4 We must make the apertione sydelonge or contradictorye, when we purpose to iterate the phlebotomye. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan v. 928 This [wave] lays the sidelong Alder on the Main, And that restores the leaning Bark again. 1748Gray Alliance 91 With side-long plough to quell the flinty ground. c1830Longfellow Spirit of Poetry 30 The..upland where the sidelong sun.., at evening, goes. 1871Palgrave Lyr. Poems 36 As he who whilst the side-long vase ran clear Dream'd down whole years in fancy.
b. spec. Of ground: Sloping.
1792J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampshire III. 105 In side long ground, the stick by its rolling would overset the sled. 1802E. Darwin Orig. Society iv. 165 Green sloping lawns construct the sidelong scene. 1838Simms Public Wks. Grt. Brit. 36 The area of any cross section in sidelong ground. 1873Robertson Engineering Notes 48 Sidelong ground must be cut into steps before embanking over it.
2. Directed to one side or sideways.
1608Bp. J. King Serm. 24 Mar. 2 The comming so neare togither, of two..so great festiuities.., giueth mee so iust an occasion, togither with my principal aime at the one, to haue a collateral, sidelong aspect at the other. 1635Swan Spec. M. v. §2 (1643) 169 Their motion is a laterall or side⁓long motion. 1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 570 With a side-long look, Poor William thro' the heart was struck. 1791Cowper Iliad xxi. 319 With a sidelong sweep Assailing him. 1818Byron Juan i. clxxiii, Regarding both with slow and sidelong view. 1861Thackeray Round. Papers, Ogres, He gives a dreadful sidelong glance of suspicion. 1887Hall Caine Son of Hagar iii. i, Indicating with a sidelong nod the room to the left.
transf.1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes iii. xxii. 10 Yearly shall bleed a festal Swine, That meditates the side-long Wound.
b. Glancing, moving, or extending sideways.
1818Shelley Rev. Islam iii. xxxiv. 8 Past the pebbly beach the boat did flee On sidelong wing, into a silent cove. 1864Swinburne Atalanta 1305 But the sidelong arrow slid. 1877Tennyson Harold iii. i. 87 [It] shot out sidelong boughs across the deep.
3. Indirect; not straightforward or open.
1654Z. Coke Logick 25 We have seen the direct degrees; now follow the Collateral, or sidelong, which is called Difference. 1697C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 380 Their side⁓long Answers, and silly Excuses will not do. 1832H. Martineau Homes Abroad vi. 82 They did not see the winks, and the side-long smiles. 1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 148 Hazarding promiscuous sidelong sort of observations, that might be taken up by anybody. 1883Longman's Mag. Nov. 97 A sinister look, which even the Captain could not help noting in a sidelong fashion.
▪ II. † ˈsidelong, adv.2 and a.2 Obs. rare.
[f. side adv.1 and a. + long a.]
= side a. and adv.1
1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. Epil. (Arb.) 82 They be no boyes, which weare such side long gowns. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 354 And now the Foxe had gotten him a gowne, And th' Ape a cassocke sidelong hanging downe. ― Vision Bellay ix, An hideous bodie big and strong I sawe, With side-long beard. |