Sidewise vs sideways

[nq:1]Should I say "to move it sidewise" or "to move it sideways"?[/nq]
Where I come from it would be side ways.I've never heard or seen sidewise said or written.

[nq:2]Should I say "to move it sidewise" or "to move it sideways"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Where I come from it would be side ways.Thanks. I've never heard or seen sidewise said or written.In this context or in general?[/nq]
But the word "sidewise" exists. See:
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dicti

The Britannia 2004 edition of Merriam gives the same information, with the addition of the date 1571 for its first use. I've not seen 'sidewise' used either. COD10 says it's just another way of saying 'sideways'.

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Robin Bignall
Hertfordshire
England

[nq:1]Should I say "to move it sidewise" or "to move it sideways"?[/nq]
I think sidewise is probably a regional dialect, but I would guess that whereever it is used, some people also say sideways. OTOH, where sideways is predominant, sidewise is probably set only by those who have moved to the area.
The suffix -wise is now widely used where it doesn't belong, but I would not consider this

[nq:2]Thanks. In this context or in general? But the word ... the difference between these two words... Can you explain, please?[/nq]
[nq:1]The Britannia 2004 edition of Merriam gives the same information, with the addition of the date 1571 for its first use. I've not seen 'sidewise' used either. COD10 says it's just another way of saying 'sideways'.[/nq]
It is common in English to encount

[nq:2]The Britannia 2004 edition of Merriam gives the same information, ... either. COD10 says it's just another way of saying 'sideways'.[/nq]
[nq:1]It is common in English to encounter two nearly identical words that mean the same thing. Often one is in ... all, but I don't have access to it since the BOMC lost it.) One such pair is argumentative/argumentive M-W[/nq]
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[nq:2]Merriam-Webster is particularly good at digging out such variants. (The ... don't have access to it since the BOMC lost it.)[/nq]
[nq:1]British Officers Military Center? Barracks Officers Married Cuarters? Baltimore Orchestral Motorcycle Club? Binary Open Mechanical Code? Board of Masonic Cloisters? Brotherhood of Mechanics and Cleaners? Basal Otologic Metabolism Coefficient? Bureau of M

[nq:2]British Officers Military Center? Barracks Officers Married Cuarters? Baltimore Orchestral ... and Cleaners? Basal Otologic Metabolism Coefficient? Bureau of Married Cellmates?[/nq]
[nq:1]Big Ol' Mama Cass. Oh, all right. Book of the Month Club. They themselves use "BOMC" all over the place.[/nq]
I should have gotten that. It seemed like it was on the tip of my tongue, but I was not

(re the OED)
[nq:1]How does the BOMC having it for sale give you access to it? Did they lose your personal copy or their own?[/nq]
It was the Web version I had access to. In the good old days, BOMC members could log in to their site where there was a link to the online OED. A variety of Oxford publications were available from the Club at good if not great discounts from retail. The connect

[nq:1](re the OED)[/nq]
[nq:2]How does the BOMC having it for sale give you access to it? Did they lose your personal copy or their own?[/nq]
[nq:1]It was the Web version I had access to. In the good old days, BOMC members could log in to their site where there was a link to the online OED.[/nq]
Wow!
[nq:1]A variety of Oxford publications were available from the Club at good if not