Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Over the side, as of a ship.
- Acting over the side: as, overside dredges (that is, dredges that discharge over the side).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship
- adjective being on the opposite side
- adverb over the side
- noun The
side facing up or positioned above; the top side;surface . - noun The reverse or opposite side (of something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb over the side of a boat
Etymologies
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Examples
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I heard a splash overside from the waist of the ship, and knew the carcass had been flung overboard.
CHAPTER XXIII 2010
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And in the next second, or fraction of second, as Jerry lifted and soared through the air, over the barbed wire of the rail and overboard, while Sniders were being passed up overside from the canoes, Tambi fired his next hasty shot.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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And in the next second, or fraction of second, as Jerry lifted and soared through the air, over the barbed wire of the rail and overboard, while Sniders were being passed up overside from the canoes, Tambi fired his next hasty shot.
Chapter 11 1917
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I heard a splash overside from the waist of the ship, and knew the carcass had been flung overboard.
Chapter 23 1914
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Michael, aware of the excitement overside but unable to see because of the rail, leaped on top of the cabin and at sight of the monster barked defiantly.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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A heavy swivel-hook, baited with fat salt-pork, was dropped overside; and by the time I had compressed the severed veins and arteries, the sailors were singing and heaving in the offending monster.
Chapter 21 2010
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Henry was the fourteenth of us to go overside into the dark and salty disintegration of the sea.
CHAPTER XLVIII 2010
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In the next roll of the huge, glassy sea, the mizzen-mast fell overside.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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Finnish carpenter, hove overside as a Jonah by his fellows who believed that Finns control the winds; and Mike Cipriani and Bill
CHAPTER XLVIII 2010
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I began experimentally by tossing small chunks of fat pork and crusts of stale bread overside.
CHAPTER XLVIII 2010
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