SIDLE


Meaning of SIDLE in English

— sidlingly , adv.

/suyd"l/ , v. , sidled, sidling , n.

v.i.

1. to move sideways or obliquely.

2. to edge along furtively.

n.

3. a sidling movement.

[ 1690-1700; back formation from SIDELING (earlier sp. sidling misconstrued as prp. of a verb ending in -LE) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .