bastard | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Bastard
·vt To <<Bastardize>>. II. Bastard ·noun A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. III. Bastar...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Bastard
In the Old Testament the rendering of the Hebrew word mamzer', which means "polluted." In Deut. 23:2...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
bastard
A term applied to all pieces of ordnance which are of unusual or irregular proportions: the governme...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Bastard
Among those who were excluded from entering the congregation, even to the tenth generation, was the ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
bastard dory
and John Dory (q.v.), spelt also Dorey n. an Australian fish, Cyttus australis,family Cyttidae; t...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bastard trumpeter
n. a fish. See morwong, paper-fish, and trumpeter. In Sydney it is Latris ciliaris, Forst., which ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bastard-mackerel
, or horse-mackerel The Caranx trachurus, a dry, coarse, and unwholesome fish, of the family Scomb...

The Sailor's Word-Book
bastard-pitch
A mixture of colophony, black pitch, and tar. They are boiled down together, and put into barrels of...

The Sailor's Word-Book