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Sinistral   Listen
adjective
Sinistral  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; opposed to dextral.
2.
(Zool.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed; said of certain spiral shells.





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"Sinistral" Quotes from Famous Books



... and rode forth, with the two hundred Marids on his right hand and the Kings of men on his left, whilst the kettle-drums beat to battle. When Gharib heard this, he also took to horse and, calling his people to the combat, rode out, with the jinn on his dexter hand and the men on his sinistral. Then came forth Murad Shah, armed cap-a-pie and crave his charger right and left, crying, "O folk, let none come forth to me but your King. If he conquer me, he shall be lord of both armies, and if I conquer him, I will slay ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 7 • Richard F. Burton


Words linked to "Sinistral" :   left-handed, counterclockwise, dextral, sinistrality, sinister


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