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indole them on the right and left, from tlie gorge to the 

 iiead. 



Side, Right, in Conks. See Latus ReSum. 



Side, Tranfver/e. See Latus Tranfaa-fum. 



Sides of a Ship, are diltinguillied into ihe Jlarloard znA 

 larboard; that is, into the right and left-hand iide, when 

 Handing with the face towards tlie head of the veflel. See 

 Starboard and Larboard. 



Side, Broad, in Sea Language, is to fire all the guns 

 on one fide of the fhip. 



SiDE-W^;W. See Wind. 



SiDE-G rafting. See Engrafting. 



Sin^-Lays is a term made ufe of by huntfmen, when 

 dogs are placed in the way, to be let flip at a deer, as he 

 palles by. 



SiBE-Sadd/e Floivcr. See Holloiu-kaved Sea Lavender. 



SiDE-Cu/j-, are the (hort lengths of canal by the fides of 

 rivers, for condenfing the navigation by mills, fliallows, &c. 



SlDE-Laying Ground, is that vvhofe iurface, a=; A E L 

 (Plate I. Canals, figs. 2 and 3.) is lower on one fide of the 

 canal than on the other. 



SiDE-Loeis, or Side-ponds, are refervoirs or excavations 

 by the fide of a canal or lock, for retaining water. See 

 Canal. 



SiDE-Puddk is often ufd to exprefs the puddle-ditches, 

 gullies or gutters thai are formed like a wall within a can.il- 

 bank, for preventing breaks from the fame. 



SIDELING Hills, in Geography, a range of hills in 

 America, on the N.W. part of the ilate of Maryland. 



SIDENA, in y/iicieni Geography, a town of Afia Minor, 

 in Lycia. Steph. Byz. 



SiDENA, or Sidona, a very fertile country of Afia, on the 

 fea-coail, in the kingdom of Pontus, in which, according to 

 Strabo, were fome llrong places, befides a town of the 

 fame name. — Alfo, a town of Afia Minor, in the Troade, 

 upon the Grauicus ; which was ruined in the time of 

 Strabo. 



SIDENI, a people of Germany, who occupied the banks 

 of the Oder. — Alfo, a people of Arabia Felix. Ptol. — 

 Alfo, a people of the Cappadocian Pontus, who inhabited 

 the couHtry of Sidena. Pliny. 



SiDENi Sinus, a gulf of Afia Minor, upon the Thracian 

 Bofphorus, near the Euxine fea. This gulf was formed by 

 the promontory Ancyreum and by that of Pfonion. 



SIDEN8I0, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in An- 

 germanland ; 40 miles N. of Hernofand. 



SIDEPATTY, a town of Bengal; 12 miles N.W. of 

 Midnapour. 



SIDERATIO, in Medicine, from fidus, a planet, be- 

 caufe violent and fndden maladies were afcribed to the in- 

 fluence of the ilars, a term which has been applied to feve- 

 ral difeafes of that character. It has been principally ufed 

 t(j fignify apoplexy, or a ludden palfy ; but it has been applied 

 by others to murlif cation, or fphacelus of a limb ; and by 

 fome to eryftpelas of a limb, which is vulgarly called a 

 blafl. 



SIDERATION, the blafting or blighting of trees, 

 plants, &c. by eatlcrn winds, exceflive heat, drought, or 

 the like cauf36. See Blioiit. 



SIDERIA, in Natural Hiflory, the name of a genus of 

 cryllal. The word is d^nv:d from the Greek <ni'<;;o;, iron, 

 and is ufcd to exprefs tiyilals altered in their figure by par- 

 ticles of that metal, Tlieie are of a rhomboidal form, com- 

 pofed only of fix planes. 



Of this genus there are four known fpecies. I. A co- 

 lourlefs, pellucid, and thin one, found m confiderablc quanti- 

 ties aaiong the iron ores of th(,> fortit of Dean, in Gloucef- 



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terdiire, and in other the like places. 2. A dull, thick, and 

 brown one, not uncommon in the fame placeg^with the for- 

 mer. And, 3. A black and very glofly kind, a fofiil of 

 very great beauty, found in the fame place with the others, 

 as alfo in Leicellerfhire and Suflex. Hill. 



SIDERIAL Year. See Year. 



SiDEKiAL Day is the time in which any ftar revolves from 

 the meridian to the meridian again ; ii/z. 23 hours, 56 mi- 

 nutes, 4 fcconds, 6 thirds of mean folar time. There are 

 366 fiderial days in a year, or in the time of 365 diurnal re- 

 volutions of the fun. The firlt column of the following ta- 

 ble is the number of revolutions of the ftars ; the others, 

 next are the times in which thefe revolutions are made, as 

 lliLwn by a well-ieguhted clock ; and thofe on the right 

 hand fliew the daily accelerations of the ftars, that is, how 

 much any liar gains upon the time (hewn by (uch a clock, iu 

 each revolution. 



This table will not differ the 279,936,000,000th part of a 

 fecond of time. 



If the equinoftial points were at reft in the heavens, there 

 would be exadly 366 revolutions of the ftars from the meri- 

 dian 



