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bastard (/), n. [OF. bastard, bastart, F. b/tard, prob. fr. OF. bast, F. b/t, a packsaddle used as a bed by
| bastard | (/), n. [OF. bastard, bastart, F. b/tard, prob. fr. OF. bast, F. b/t, a packsaddle used as a bed by the muleteers (fr. LL. bastum) + -ard. OF. fils de bast son of the packsaddle; as the muleteers were accustomed to use their saddles for beds in the inns. See Cervantes, Don Quixote, chap. 16; and cf. G. bankert, fr. bank bench.] 1.
A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
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| bastard | (/), a. 1.
Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
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2.
Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
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-That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices. Barrow.
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3.
Of an unusual or irregular make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. [Obs.]
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4. (Print.)
Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
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Bastard ashlar (Arch.), stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry. -- Bastard file, a file intermediate between the coarsest and the second cut. -- Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size than the body; e. g., a nonpareil face on a brevier body. -- Bastard wing (Zol.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mammalia; the alula.
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| bastard | , v. t.
To bastardize. [Obs.] Bacon.
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