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Bastard (medicine) and armet (iou)


Bastard (medicine)


bastard


1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, note.

2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so. "That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices." (Barrow)

3. Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.

4. Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

<medicine> Bastard ashlar, three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.

Source: Websters Dictionary


armet (iou)



armet noun. E16.
[French (infl. by armes: see ARM noun2) from Spanish almete or Italian elmetto HELMET.]
Hist. A round iron helmet with visor, beaver, and gorget.