Bastard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bastard	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Bastard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bastard adj fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] n insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous Synonym(s): asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents Synonym(s): bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child, illegitimate, whoreson derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic" Synonym(s): bastard, mongrel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bastard \Bas"tard\, n. [OF. bastard, bastart, F. b[?]tard, prob. fr. OF. bast, F. b[?]t, a packsaddle used as a bed by the muleteers (fr. LL. bastum) + -ard. OF. fils de bast son of the packsaddle; as the muleteers were accustomed to use their saddles for beds in the inns. See Cervantes, [bd]Don Quixote,[b8] chap. 16; and cf.G. bankert, fr. bank bench.] 1. A [bd]natural[b8] child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union. Note: By the civil and canon laws, and by the laws of many of the United States, a bastard becomes a legitimate child by the intermarriage of the parents at any subsequent time. But by those of England, and of some states of the United States, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. --Kent. Blackstone. 2. (Sugar Refining) (a) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that [?] already had several boilings. (b) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained. 3. A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. --Shak. 4. A writing paper of a particular size. See {Paper}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bastard \Bas"tard\, v. t. To bastardize. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bastard \Bas"tard\, a. 1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See {Bastard}, n., note. 2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices. --Barrow. 3. Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. [Obs.] 4. (Print.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book. {Bastard ashlar} (Arch.), stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry. {Bastard file}, a file intermediate between the coarsest and the second cut. {Bastard type} (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size than the body; e.g., a nonpareil face on a brevier body. {Bastard wing} (Zo[94]l.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue}, {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under {Buffalo}. {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod. {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bastard In the Old Testament the rendering of the Hebrew word _mamzer'_, which means "polluted." In Deut. 23:2, it occurs in the ordinary sense of illegitimate offspring. In Zech. 9:6, the word is used in the sense of foreigner. From the history of Jephthah we learn that there were bastard offspring among the Jews (Judg. 11:1-7). In Heb. 12:8, the word (Gr. nothoi) is used in its ordinary sense, and denotes those who do not share the privileges of God's children.