3. An inside passenger of a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside. [Colloq. Eng.] So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourne, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three insides. Anti-Jacobin. Patent insides or outside, a name give to newspaper sheets printed on one side with general and miscellaneous matter, and furnished wholesale to offices of small newspapers, where the blank pages are filled up with recent and local news.
INSIDIATE In*sid"i*ate, v. t. Etym: [L. insidiatus, p. p. of insidiare to lie in ambush, fr. insidiae. See Insidious.]
Defn: To lie in ambush for. [Obs.] Heywood.
INSIDIATOR
In*sid"i*a`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who lies in ambush. [Obs.] Barrow.
INSIDIOUS
In*sid"i*ous, a. Etym: [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an ambush, fr.
insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See
Sit.]
1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; — said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." Cowper.
2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit; as, insidious arts. The insidious whisper of the bad angel. Hawthorne. Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as it really is.
Syn.
— Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful; circumventive;
treacherous; deceitful; deceptive.
— In*sid"i*ous*ly, adv.
— In*sid"i*ous*ness, n.
INSIGHT
In"sight`, n.