Noun

(en noun)

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine.

*, chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side , and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}

A region in a specified position with respect to something.

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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

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One set of competitors in a game.

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A sports team.

*{{quote-book, year=1988, author=Ken Jones, coauthor=Crown, Pat Welton, title=Soccer skills & tactics, page=9

, passage=Newly promoted, they were top of the First Division and unbeaten when they took on a Manchester United side that had been revitalized by a new manager,

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Jon Smith, work=BBC Sport

, title= Valencia 1-1 Chelsea , passage=It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.}}

*2011 , Nick Cain, Greg Growden, Rugby Union For Dummies , UK Edition, 3rd Edition, p.220:

*:Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides', preferring instead to send touring ' sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

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* Landor

*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.

* Alexander Pope

*:sets the passions on the side of truth

Sidespin; english

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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).

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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

* Milton

*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.

Noun

(en noun)

Help; assistance; succor, relief.

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*(Henry Hallam) (1777-1859)

*:An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid .

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

A helper; an assistant.

*(w) viii. 6

*:It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.

Something which helps; a material source of help.

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*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone

(lb) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.

(lb) An exchequer loan.

(lb) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.

An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.

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