† sidenessn.
Obsolete.
1. Length, longitudinal extent; measurement from one side to another.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [noun]
lenghc888
longnessOE
length1154
dimension1413
sideness1422
longitude?a1425
prolixity?a1425
distance1582
longity1604
distent1613
protension1704
sidth1831
1422 in A. T. Bannister Reg. Thome Spofford (1919) 82 See that..thair habett nor thair clothyng be unordynat, but formed after relygyon, in sydnesse and wydnesse.
c1480 (a1400) St. Agnes 158 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 350 God send sic sydnes in hyre hare Þat scho wes cled mare ewinely With hare þane with hire clathis in hy.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 270/1 Sydenesse, longevr.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Eiiv The other contayneth neither length, breadth nor sidenes, (beeing not past a quarter of a yarde side) wherof some be paned.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 258 When you haue..made both the bytt cheekes of an euen sidenesse.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. ii. 17/1 The Breadth of the Band. The Depth or sideness of the Band.
2. With reference to a roof: height, vertical extent. rare.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level
heightc1290
highheadc1300
higha1398
altitudea1449
sideness?a1475
alturea1547
pitch1590
mounture1613
eminency1625
eminence1658
haut1686
elevation1732
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > height of
sideness?a1475
pitch1615
?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 435 Stepnesse, or sydnesse [1440 Harl. 221 sydenedde] of a rofe, eleuacio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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