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sidelight definition

side·light (sīd′līt′)

noun

  1. a light coming from the side
  2. a bit of incidental knowledge or information on a subject
  3. a window or opening in or at the side of a wall, door, etc.
  4. a lamp or light carried on the side of a ship or boat, a red one on the port side and a green one on the starboard

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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