sinister : Idioms & Phrases

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Bar sinister

  • noun the status of being born to parents who were not married
    illegitimacy; bastardy.
  • noun a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
    bar sinister.
WordNet
  • (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See Baton.
Webster 1913

Bend sinister

  • noun a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
    bar sinister.
WordNet
  • (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
Webster 1913

oculus sinister

  • noun the left eye
    OS.
WordNet

Sinister aspect

  • (Astrol.), an appearance of two planets happening according to the succession of the signs, as Saturn in Aries, and Mars in the same degree of Gemini.
Webster 1913

Sinister base, Sinister chief

  • . See under Escutcheon.
Webster 1913

sinister-handed

Sin"is*ter-hand"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Left-handed; hence, unlucky. Obs. Lovelace.
Webster 1913