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sidling en · ADJ · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of sideling.
   alt of sideling

Relateds

sideward · sidelong · sidewise · sideways

sidling en · ADV · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of sideling.
   alt of sideling
   • I stepped over the great western gate, and passed very gently, and sidling, through the two principal streets, only in my short waistcoat, for fear of damaging the roofs and eaves of the houses with the skirts of my coat. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):

sidling en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Cognate with the above (form of sidle, from Middle English sidlyng, from which also directly sidling, above).

Meanings

1. The motion of one who sidles.
   • Starring and shying at straws, with sidlings and plungings. 1926, Rudyard Kipling, The Centaurs:

Forms

sidling en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

Cognate with the above (form of sidle, from Middle English sidlyng, from which also directly sidling, above).

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of sidle
   form of sidle