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Bend sinisterBend Bend, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding
noun.]
1. A band. [Obs.] --Spenser.
2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) One of
the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth
part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from
the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the
sinister chief to the dexter base. Sinister-handed
Sinister-handed Sin"is*ter-hand"ed, a.
Left-handed; hence, unlucky. [Obs.] --Lovelace.
Sinisterly
Sinisterly Sin"is*ter*ly, adv.
In a sinister manner. --Wood.
Sinistrad
Sinistrad Sin"is*trad, adv. [L. sinistra the left hand + ad
to.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.)
Toward the left side; sinistrally.
SinistralSinistral Sin"is*tral, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left;
sinistrous; -- opposed to dextral.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or
rising to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral
shells. Sinistrality
Sinistrality Sin`is*tral"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being sinistral.
Sinistrally
Sinistrally Sin"is*tral*ly, adv.
Toward the left; in a sinistral manner. --J. Le Conte.
Sinistrin
Sinistrin Sin"is*trin (s[i^]n"[i^]s*tr[i^]n), n. [L. sinister
left.] (Chem.)
A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achro["o]dextrin,
extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; --
so called because it is levorotatory.
Sinistrorsal
Sinistrorsal Sin`is*tror"sal, a. [L. sinistrorsus,
sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left +
vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.]
Rising spirally from right to left (of the spectator);
sinistrorse.
SinistrorseSinistrorse Sin"is*trorse`, a. [See Sinistrolsal.]
Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line;
-- the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse. SinistrousSinistrous Sin"is*trous, a. [See Sinister.]
1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
``Sinistrous gravity.' --Sir T. Browne. Sinistrously
Sinistrously Sin"is*trous*ly, adv.
1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.
2. With a tendency to use the left hand.
Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed,
and divers continue all their life left-handed.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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