Emily Dickinson Lexicon

side, n. [OE 'old, extensive'.]

1. Direction; location opposite; contiguous position.
2. Part; locale; domain; dimension.
3. Proximity; space immediately next to.
4. Angle; surface; plane.
5. Circumference; lateral area.
6. Aspect; facet; factor; characteristic.
7. Margin; edge; verge; border; leeway.
8. Rib cage; part between the back and the belly; [fig.] train car; railway carriage.
9. Slope; incline; declivity; descent; ravine; steep pitch; drop off; canyon wall.
10. End; point; length.
11. Similar situation; parallel circumstance.
12. Vista; point of view.
13. Phrase. “This side”: prior to; just before achieving.
14. Phrase. “Side by side”: next to one another.