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side-blow

SIDE-BLOW SIDE-THRUST

plaga obliqua: ictus obliquus (PROP. Hor. Od. 3 22 7): obliqua oratio: obliqua sententia (figuratively a covert or incidental allusion). To give one a side-blow *alicui oblique plagam injicere or infligere (PROP. ☞ ensem obliquare in latus Ov. Met. 12 486 is poetical): aliquem carpere obliquis orationibus: aliquem oblique perstringere: jaculare in aliquem obliquis sententiis (figuratively). To SIDE WITH ab aliquo stare: partibus alicujus favere: alicui studere. Vid: also “To be on anybody’s SIDE.” SIDE-BOARD abacus (for display): *tabula lateraria (a board or table placed at the side of anything for convenience).

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