16 September 2014

sidle

[sahyd-l]

verb (used without object), sidled, sidling.

1. to move sideways or obliquely.
2. to edge along furtively.

noun
3. a sidling movement.

Origin

1690-1700; back formation from sideling (earlier spelling sidling misconstrued as present participle of a verb ending in -le )

Related forms

sidlingly, adverb
unsidling, adjective
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Examples from the web for sidle

– The thief would sidle up to its relative quietly in an effort to get at the food.
– Consumer spending will no more than sidle ahead, and fixed investment will continue to decline.
– Moments with dialogue are brief and easy to sidle around.

Anagram

slide
idles
is led

Today’s aphorism

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.

– Benjamin Spock

On this day

16 September – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

16 September 1908 – General Motors is founded by William C. Durrant.

16 September 1920 – The bombing of Wall St, New York, which kills 38 and injures 143. The crime has never been solved, but is believed to have been committed by Italian anarchists known as Galleanists, (after their leader Luigi Galleani), who were protesting against capitalism. The bomb had been placed in a horse wagon.

16 September 1927 – birth of Peter Falk, U.S. actor (Colombo) … ‘therrre ya go‘… (died 23 June 2011.

16 September 1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia. PNG National Day.

16 September 1977 – death of Marc Bolan in a car accident. Singer/guitarist for T-Rex. (Born 30 September 1947 as Mark Feld).

16 – 18 September 1982 – Lebanese Christian militia (Phalange) massacres between 765 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. An inquiry in 1983 held Israeli troops indirectly responsible as they had surrounded the camps, controlling access to them, and were aware a massacre was occurring without taking steps to stop it.