aˈsiden, adv. Obs. or dial.
In 5–6 asyden.
[variant of aside; cf. besiden: the -en may be the orig. dative.]
Sidewise, obliquely, aslant. Comb. asiden-hand(s, = aside-hand; see aside A. IV.
| 1440 Promp. Parv. 6 A-cydenandys; or a-slet, or a-slonte (v.r. acydnande, acydenam), Oblique vel a latere. 1471 Arriv. Edw. IV (1838) 18 He took nat his ground so even in the front..butt somewhate a-syden hande. 1502 Arnold Chron. (1811) 169 Se that the cuttyng be euin ouer thwarte the stok and a syden. c 1691 Ray Proverbs (1768) 51 All asiding as hogs fighting. [1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. 13 ‘Yo' hanna put yore shawl on straight, the cornels bin all asiden.’] |