adv. Obs. or dial. In 5–6 asyden. [variant of ASIDE; cf. besiden: the -en may be the orig. dative.] Sidewise, obliquely, aslant. Comb. asiden-hand(s = aside-hand; see ASIDE A IV.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 6. A-cydenandys; or a-slet, or a-slonte (v.r. acydnande, acydenam), Oblique vel a latere.
1471. Arriv. Edw. IV. (1838), 18. He took nat his ground so even in the front … butt somewhate a-syden hande.
1502. Arnold, Chron. (1811), 169. Se that the cuttyng be euin ouer thwarte the stok and a syden.
c. 1691. Ray, Proverbs (1768), 51. All asiding as hogs fighting.
[1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., 13. ‘Yo’ hanna put yore shawl on straight, the cornels bin all asiden.’]
