n. [ Aëro- + siderite. ] (Meteor.) A mass of meteoric iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the apsides of an orbit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the apse of a church; as, the apsidal termination of the chancel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Apsis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + side. ] 1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flames were blown aside. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. “Lay aside every weight.” Heb. xii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. So as to be heard by others; privately. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then lords and ladies spake aside. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. khāsad to be pious. ] One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assidens, p. pr. of assid&unr_;re to sit by: cf. F. assident. See Assession. ] (Med.) Usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, or symptoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assiduatus, p. p. of assiduare to use assiduously. ] Unremitting; assiduous. [ Obs. ] “Assiduate labor.” Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Assiduities [ L. assiduitas: cf. F. assiduite. See Assiduous. ] 1. Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assiduus, fr. assid&unr_;re to sit near or close; ad + sedēre to sit. See Sit. ] 1. Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. [ 1913 Webster ]

She grows more assiduous in her attendance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Diligent; attentive; sedulous; unwearied; unintermitted; persevering; laborious; indefatigable. [ 1913 Webster ]

As*sid"u*ous*ly, adv. -- As*sid"u*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Back, a. + side. ] The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Backside (one word) was formerly used of the rear part or side of any thing or place, but in such senses is now two words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall-sided. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to a basidium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota.
Syn. -- basidiomycetous fungi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. a phylum of fungi with the Basidiomycota [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to basidiomycetes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. (Bot.) [ NL., fr. NL. & E. basidium + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fungus. ] (Bot.) A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi). In the 1913 Webster, the Basidiomycetes were defined as "coördinate with the Ascomycetes", and other fungal phyla (the Zygomycota and Deuteromycota) were not mentioned.
Syn. -- Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. same as Basidiomycota. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Basidium + spore. ] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous a. [1913 Webster]

adj. of or pertaining to a basidiospore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of Gr. ba`sis base. ] (Bot.) A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The side of a bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. biside, bisiden, bisides, prep. and adv., beside, besides; pref. be- by + side. Cf. Besides, and see Side, n. ] 1. At the side of; on one side of. “Beside him hung his bow.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ You ] have done enough
To put him quite beside his patience. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Over and above; distinct from; in addition to. [ In this use besides is now commoner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wise and learned men beside those whose names are in the Christian records. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be beside one's self, to be out of one's wits or senses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul, thou art beside thyself. Acts xxvi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Beside, Besides. These words, whether used as prepositions or adverbs, have been considered strictly synonymous, from an early period of our literature, and have been freely interchanged by our best writers. There is, however, a tendency, in present usage, to make the following distinction between them: 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition, with the original meaning “by the side of; ” as, to sit beside a fountain; or with the closely allied meaning “aside from”, “apart from”, or “out of”; as, this is beside our present purpose; to be beside one's self with joy. The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word. 2. That besides, as a preposition, take the remaining sense “in addition to”, as, besides all this; besides the considerations here offered. “There was a famine in the land besides the first famine.” Gen. xxvi. 1. And that it also take the adverbial sense of “moreover”, “beyond”, etc., which had been divided between the words; as, besides, there are other considerations which belong to this case. The following passages may serve to illustrate this use of the words: -- Lovely Thais sits beside thee. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Only be patient till we have appeased
The multitude, beside themselves with fear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] It is beside my present business to enlarge on this speculation. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] Besides this, there are persons in certain situations who are expected to be charitable. Bp. Porteus. [ 1913 Webster ] And, besides, the Moor
May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] That man that does not know those things which are of necessity for him to know is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Moreover. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign. ] 1. On one side. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. [ 1913 Webster ]

The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? Gen. xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all beside, as much an empty shade,
An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These sentences may be considered as elliptical. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See Beside, prep., 3, and Syn. under Beside. [ 1913 Webster ]

Besides your cheer, you shall have sport. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to attack a person from his blind side; metaphorically, to give a person an unpleasant suprise. He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. (Naut.) The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Print.) A sheet of paper containing one large page, or printed on one side only; -- called also broadsheet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to collide with the broad side of. her car broad-sided mine
Syn. -- broadside. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The bank of a brook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the class of plants comprising the true mosses, having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes; it comprises the orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; and Sphagnales.
Syn. -- class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the leaf bugs.
Syn. -- Miridae, family Miridae, family Capsidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Cassis helmet. ] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. cassidonium, F. cassidoine. See Chalcedony. ] (Bot.) (a) The French lavender (Lavandula Stœchas). (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma Linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. causidicakis; causa a cause in law + dicare to say. ] Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or containing or made from cellulose.
Syn. -- cellulosic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an extinct family of American ceratopsian dinosaurs.
Syn. -- family Ceratopsidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as coniferophyta.
Syn. -- class Coniferopsida, Coniferophytina, subdivision Coniferophytina, Coniferophyta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Considered p. pr. & vb. n. Considering. ] [ F. considérer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire. ] 1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thenceforth to speculations high or deep
I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind
Considered all things visible. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine. [ 1913 Webster ]

She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day
Was yours by accident. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To estimate; to think; to regard; to view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, “Blessed is he that considereth the poor.” Ps. xli. 1.; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. “Which [ services ] if I have not enough considered.” Shak.; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. “Consider him liberally.” J. Hooker.

Syn. -- To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will consider of your suit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hesitate. [ Poetic & R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. considérable. ] 1. Worthy of consideration; requiring to be observed, borne in mind, or attended to. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are, indeed, a very considerable man. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of importance or value. [ 1913 Webster ]

In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

A considerable sum of money. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much. [ 1913 Webster ]

The breeds . . . differ considerably from each other. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. considerantia. ] Act of considering; consideration. [ Obs. ] Shak.

a. [ L. consideratus, p. p. ] 1. Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of dauntless courage and considerate pride. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Æneas is patient, considerate, and careful of his people. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wisest and most considerate men in the world. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having respect to; regardful. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They may be . . . more considerate of praise. Dr. H. More.

Syn. -- Thoughtful; reflective; careful; discreet; prudent; deliberate; serious. See Thoughtful.

-- Con*sid"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.
Syn. -- consideration, thoughtfulness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. consideratio: cf. F. considération. ] 1. The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consideration with which he was treated. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Consideration is what is done, or promised to be done, in exchange for a promise, and “as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee.” Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I love to be considerative. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]