overside
English
editEtymology 1
edit1880, from the phrase over the side (of a ship), equivalent to over + side.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editoverside (not comparable)
- Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.
- overside cargo
- 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
- It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
- On the opposite side.
Adverb
editoverside (not comparable)
- Over the side.
- The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
- Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editoverside (plural oversides)
- The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
- 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:
- […] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]
- 1981, Berit Wells, Opuscula Romana XIII: Volume 13:
- While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.
- 1999, Pynchon notes: Issues 40-41:
- This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.
- 1882, English mechanic and world of science: Volume 34 - Page 547:
- The reverse or opposite side.
- the overside of the record
Antonyms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editoverside f or m (definite singular oversida or oversiden, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)
Antonyms
editReferences
edit- “overside” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editoverside f (definite singular oversida, indefinite plural oversider, definite plural oversidene)
Antonyms
editReferences
edit- “overside” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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