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south-side [Originally repr. ME. sūðsīde, = MDu. suutside, zuutzide (Du. zuidzijde), MLG. sûtsîde, G. südseite, Da. sydside. In later use felt merely as a collocation of south a. and side n.1] a. The side situated in or lying towards the south. Also attrib.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 59 Toward þe South side turned þei þar flete. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 297 Andresleg is a greet wode on þe souþ side of Kent. 1417E.E. Wills 27 As men goth ouer in-to þe church at þe South Syde. 1480[see choir n. 2]. 1535Coverdale Numb. ii. 10 On the South side shall lye the pauylions..of Ruben. 1560Bible (Genev.) Numb. iii. 29 The families of the sonnes of Kohath shal pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 633 On the South side a great part of the Wall standeth. 1670–1Narborough Jrnl. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. i. (1694) 39, I went a-shore on the South-side to the peeked Rock. 1707J. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Gt. Brit. (1710) 460 On the South-side [of Holyrood Palace] lies the Queen's Park. 1808Scott in Lockhart (1837) I. i. 12 A pond, or old quarry-hole,..on the south side of the square. 1869Bradshaw's Railway Man. XXI. 58 The railway..joins the Glasgow and South Western and the Caledonian (southside branches), on the south side of the city. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xvii, Lord Grey's party shot to northward of the road, and the south side was our preserve. 1937H. G. Wells Star Begotten vi. 105 The Punic Wars..he presented as a gigantic necessary struggle between noble north-side soldiers and revengeful, obdurate but extremely competent south-side loanmongers. 1955Keepnews & Grauer Pict. Hist. of Jazz iii. 43 Pianist Blythe, who died in 1930, was..in the forefront of the ‘South Side style’, which meant small-band recordings and jobs at small, rough clubs. 1979Irish Times 28 Sept. 12/6 If the northside area described here is compared with a southside suburb the differences become more marked. †b. In const. without of. Also as adv., on the south part; southward. Obs.
1489Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 125 To pas on the suth⁓syd the watter. 1726in W. Wing Ann. Steeple Aston (1875) 54 The land heretofore of William Wing southside, and John Bates northward. |