nearside — ozdic

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1

The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.

An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearside cylinder; [...].

2

The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.

3

A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.

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An unhappy-looking "foreigner" on Beattock shed on August 18 was Class A2 No. 60529. It had taken the West Coast main line with an unidentified working, but failed at Lockerbie with a blown-out nearsi

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