overside

[oh-ver-sahyd]

adverb

1. over the side, as of a ship.

2. on the opposite side (of a phonograph record).

   Overside we are given an example of early Ellington.

adjective

1. effected over the side of a ship.

   overside delivery of cargo.

2. placed or located on the opposite side (of a phonograph record).

   The overside selections are more agreeably sung.

noun

1. the opposite side (of a phonograph record).

   On the overside we have a potpourri of Strauss waltzes.

overside

/ ˈəʊvəˌsaɪd /

adverb

1. over the side (of a ship)

Word History and Origins

Origin of overside¹

First recorded in 1880–85; short for over the side

Example Sentences

Captain Prince answered the hail of a British ship, ordered his longboat overside, and he and Nat went to present their papers to the British captain.

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"She was an experienced sailor and I suppose we are all still wondering how on earth she happened to get washed overside and why she wasn't tethered on."

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Roused up, despairing in that gloom, I thought: ‘Should I go overside for a quick finish or clench my teeth and stay among the living?’

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Sallie climbed the rail, and, having found a coil of rope within one of the two life-boats there, was letting that gently overside when another shadow joined her.

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I made my way round crates and barrels on that untidy deck, which had a thick mud of coal dust and snow, to the ladder overside.

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