_Settle_ for _Pay_. "Settle the bill." "I shall take it now and settle
for it later."

_Shades_ for _Shade_. "Shades of Noah! how it rained!" "O shades of
Caesar!" A shade is a departed soul, as conceived by the ancients; one
to each mortal part is the proper allowance.

_Show_ for _Chance_, or _Opportunity_. "He didn't stand a show." Say,
He had no chance.

_Sick_ for _Ill_. Good usage now limits this word to cases of nausea,
but it is still legitimate in sickly, sickness, love-sick, and the
like.

_Side_ for _Agree_, or _Stand_. "I side with the Democrats." "He
always sided with what he thought right."

_Sideburns_ for _Burnsides_. A form of whiskers named from a noted
general of the civil war, Ambrose E. Burnside. It seems to be thought
that the word side has something to do with it, and that as an
adjective it should come first, according to our idiom.

_Side-hill_ for _Hillside_. A reasonless transposition for which it is
impossible to assign a cause, unless it is abbreviated from side o'
the hill.

_Sideways_ for _Sidewise_. See _Endways_.

_Since_ for _Ago_. "He came here not long since and died."