Sinister definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SIN'ISTER, a. [L. Probably ... the left hand; opposed to dexter or right; as the sinister cheek; or the sinister side of an escutcheon. 2. Evil; bad; corrupt; perverse; dishonest; as sinister means; sinister purpose. He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts. 3. Unlucky; inauspicious. 4. Sinister aspect, ...
bar sinister definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the status ... to parents who were not married [syn: bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister] 2: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left [syn: bar sinister, bend sinister] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1823 1. a heraldic charge ... condition of being of illegitimate birth Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sinister Sin"is*ter (s[i^]n"[i^]s*t[~e ... syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or ...
Sinister chief definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sinister Sin"is*ter (s[i^]n"[i^]s*t[~e ... syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the ... hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right. ``Here on his sinister cheek.'' --Shak. My mother's blood Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister Bounds in my father's --Shak. Note: In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would ...
Sinister base definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sinister Sin"is*ter (s[i^]n"[i^]s*t[~e ... syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the ... hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right. ``Here on his sinister cheek.'' --Shak. My mother's blood Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister Bounds in my father's --Shak. Note: In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would ...
Sinister aspect definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sinister Sin"is*ter (s[i^]n"[i^]s*t[~e ... syllable by the older poets, as Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden.] [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the ... hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right. ``Here on his sinister cheek.'' --Shak. My mother's blood Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister Bounds in my father's --Shak. Note: In heraldy the sinister side of an escutcheon is the side which would ...
bend sinister definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a mark ... bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left [syn: bar sinister, bend sinister] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1612 a diagonal band that runs from the sinister chief to the dexter base on a heraldic shield Webster ... crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief ...
... two lines drawn across from the dexter chief, to the sinister base point. It sometimes is indented, ingrained, etc. BEND, n ... diagonal band that runs from the dexter chief to the sinister base on a heraldic shield — compare bend sinister 2. [Middle English, band, from Old English bend fetter — more ... top right to bottom left of a shield. b (bend sinister) a diagonal stripe from top left to bottom right, as ... crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief ...
... purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy [syn: black, dark, sinister] 6: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ... syn: black, pitch-black, pitch-dark] 9: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from ... served without milk or cream < black coffee > 6. a. thoroughly sinister or evil ; wicked < a black deed > b. indicative of condemnation ... implying disgrace or condemnation (in his black books). 7 wicked, sinister, deadly (black-hearted). 8 gloomy, depressed, sullen (a black mood ... etc.) dirty, soiled. 11 (of humour or its representation) with sinister or macabre, as well as comic, import (black comedy). ...
... on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. Note: The two sides of an escutcheon are respectively designated as dexter and sinister, as in the cut, and the different parts or points ... names: A, Dexter chief point; B, Middle chief point; C, Sinister chief point; D, Honor or color point; E, Fesse or ... annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, cadency mark, canton, chaplet ...
... 2. (Her.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (batons) 1. A baton is a ... badge of infamy, badge of office, badges, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, bastardism, bastardy, bat, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, billy, billy club, black eye, black mark, blazon, blazonry ...