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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Dexter (0.01040 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dexter
dexter
adj : on or starting from the wearer's left
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dexter
Dexter
\Dex"ter\ (d[e^]ks"t[~e]r), a. [L.,; akin to Gr. ?, ?,
Skr. dakshi[.n]a (cf. daksh to be strong, suit); Goth.
taihswa, OHG. zeso. Cf.
Dexterous.]
1. Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as
opposed to
sinister, or
left.
[1913 Webster]
On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. --Pope.
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2. (Her.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards
the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as
in a pictorial representation, this would be the left
side.
[1913 Webster]
Dexter chief, or
Dexter point (Her.), a point in the
dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter
extremity of the chief, as A in the cut.
Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of
the shield, as B in the cut.
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Dexter
\Dex"ter\, n. [Prob. so named after the original
breeder.]
One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the
Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable both for beef and milk. They
are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat
resemble a small shorthorn in build. Called also
Dexter Kerry
.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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