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noun

Bastard n.

A "natural" 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.

(Sugar Refining)

(a)

An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that have already had several boilings.

(b)

A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.

A sweet Spanish wine like muscatel in flavor. "Brown bastard is your only drink."

A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

verb

Bastard v. t. To bastardize. (Obs.)

adjective

Bastard adj.

Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

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."

Of an unusual or irregular make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. (Obs.)

(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 (Zool.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mammalia; the alula.

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Etymology of 'Bastard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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