·vt To Bastardize.
II. Bastard ·noun A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
III. Bastard ·noun A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
IV. Bastard ·noun A writing paper of a particular size. ·see Paper.
V. Bastard ·noun Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
VI. Bastard ·adj Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. ·see Bastard, ·noun, note.
VII. Bastard ·noun Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
VIII. Bastard ·noun An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.
IX. Bastard ·noun A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
X. Bastard ·noun Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate;
— applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.