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Definition of Sideling
1. adv. Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.
2. a. Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
Definition of Sideling
1. Adjective. directed toward one side ¹
2. Adjective. inclining, having an inclination ¹
3. Adverb. in a sidelong direction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sideling
1. sloping [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sideling
Literary usage of Sideling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"Exposures in Allegany County Exposure West of sideling Creek.—After crossing the
crest of sideling Hill there are outcrops of Pocono sandstone on the ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"In even rows. Dev. sideling, (l)adr. Slanting; sideways. God bee thanked, hee
hath the witte yet to enter sideling, like a gentlewoman with an huge ..."
3. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"The Jennings formation outcrops in the anticlinal area between sideling Hill ...
X. Section on sideling Hill Creek A short section is exposed on the west ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"sideling, adj. I. Having a declivity, S. 2. Oblique, applied to a discourse, ...
E. is now used in the same sense ; but sideling is the ancient term. ..."
5. Report of Progress in the Juniata District on the Fossil Iron Ore Beds of by John H. Dewees, Charles Albert Ashburner, Franklin Platt, Richard H. Sanders, Henry Martyn Chance (1878)
"RR cut 450 feet east of sideling Hill tunnel. 228 (587'). Very similar to No.
229 with which it alternates. 227 (490'). Gray flaggy sandstone. ..."
6. County Reports and Maps: Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties by George Perry Grimsley (1916)
"sideling Hill. The coal seams in the Rockwell Formation on sideling Hill are ...
167) was able to measure this coal on sideling Hill north of the Potomac ..."
7. County Reports and Maps: Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties by George Perry Grimsley (1916)
"sideling Hill. The coal seams in the Rockwell Formation on sideling Hill are ...
167) was able to measure this coal on sideling Hill north of the Potomac ..."
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