Bastard \Bas"tard\, 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 (Zool.), three to five quill feathers on a
small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mammalia;
the alula.
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