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B'ASTARD, n. A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or spurious child. By the civil and canon laws, a bastard becomes a legitimate child, by the intermarriage of the parents, at any future time. But by the laws of this country, as by those of England, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. Bastard eigne', or bastard elder, in law, is when a man has a bastard son, and afterward marries the mother, and has a legitimate son, called mulier puisne, or younger. B'ASTARD, n. A kind of sweet wine. [Not in use.] B'ASTARD, a. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. 2. Spurious;; not genuine; false; supposititious; adulterate. In this sense, it is applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not genuine; as a bastard hope, bastard honors.In military affairs, bastard is applied to pieces of artillery which are of an unusual make or proportion, whether longer or shorter, as the double culverin extraordinary, half or quarter culverin extraordinary. Bastard-Flower-fence, a plant, a species of Adenanthera. Bastard-hemp, a plant, a species of Datisca, false hemp. Bastard-Rocket, dyers-weed, or wild woad, a species of Reseda. Bastard-Star of Bethlehem, a plant, a species of Albuca. Bastard-Scarlet, a red color dyed with balemadder. B'ASTARD, v.t. To make or determine to be a bastard.
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B'ASTARD, n. A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or spurious child. By the civil and canon laws, a bastard becomes a legitimate child, by the intermarriage of the parents, at any future time. But by the laws of this country, as by those of England, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. Bastard eigne', or bastard elder, in law, is when a man has a bastard son, and afterward marries the mother, and has a legitimate son, called mulier puisne, or younger. B'ASTARD, n. A kind of sweet wine. [Not in use.] B'ASTARD, a. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. 2. Spurious;; not genuine; false; supposititious; adulterate. In this sense, it is applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not genuine; as a bastard hope, bastard honors.In military affairs, bastard is applied to pieces of artillery which are of an unusual make or proportion, whether longer or shorter, as the double culverin extraordinary, half or quarter culverin extraordinary. Bastard-Flower-fence, a plant, a species of Adenanthera. Bastard-hemp, a plant, a species of Datisca, false hemp. Bastard-Rocket, dyers-weed, or wild woad, a species of Reseda. Bastard-Star of Bethlehem, a plant, a species of Albuca. Bastard-Scarlet, a red color dyed with balemadder. B'ASTARD, v.t. To make or determine to be a bastard. | BAST'ARD, a.- Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate.
- Spurious; not genuine; false; supposititious; adulterate. In this sense, it is applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not genuine; as, a bastard hope, bastard honors. – Shak. Temple.
In military affairs, bastard is applied to pieces of artillery which are of an unusual make or proportion, whether longer or shorter, as the double culverin extraordinary, half or quarter culverin extraordinary. – Encyc.
BAST'ARD, n.1 [Arm. bastard; Ir. basdard; Fr. bâtard; D. bastaard; G. bastart; It. and Sp. bastardo; W. bastarz; basu, to fall, whence base, and tarz, growth, issue, a sprout.]A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or spurious child. By the civil and canon laws, a bastard becomes a legitimate child, by the intermarriage of the parents, at any future time. But by the laws of this country, as by those of England, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. – Blackstone.
Bastard eigné, or bastard elder, in law, is when a man has a bastard son, and afterwards marries the mother, and has a legitimate son, called mulier puisne, or younger. – Blackstone. BAST'ARD, n.2A kind of sweet wine. [Not in use.] – Shak. BAST'ARD, v.t.To make or determine to be a bastard. – Bacon. | Bas"tard
- A "natural"
child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one
born of an illicit union.
- Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See
Bastard, n., note.
- To bastardize.
- An
inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that have
already had several boilings.
- Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false;
adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine,
but are really not so.
- A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in
flavor.
- Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a
bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
- A writing paper of a particular size. See
Paper.
- Abbreviated, as the half title
in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
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Bastard B'ASTARD, noun A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or spurious child. By the civil and canon laws, a bastard becomes a legitimate child, by the intermarriage of the parents, at any future time. But by the laws of this country, as by those of England, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. Bastard eigne', or bastard elder, in law, is when a man has a bastard son, and afterward marries the mother, and has a legitimate son, called mulier puisne, or younger. B'ASTARD, noun A kind of sweet wine. [Not in use.] B'ASTARD, adjective Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. 2. Spurious; ; not genuine; false; supposititious; adulterate. In this sense, it is applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not genuine; as a bastard hope, bastard honors. In military affairs, bastard is applied to pieces of artillery which are of an unusual make or proportion, whether longer or shorter, as the double culverin extraordinary, half or quarter culverin extraordinary. Bastard-Flower-fence, a plant, a species of Adenanthera. Bastard-hemp, a plant, a species of Datisca, false hemp. Bastard-Rocket, dyers-weed, or wild woad, a species of Reseda. Bastard-Star of Bethlehem, a plant, a species of Albuca. Bastard-Scarlet, a red color dyed with balemadder. B'ASTARD, verb transitive To make or determine to be a bastard
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