a "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.-an inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.-a large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.-a sweet spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.-a writing paper of a particular size. see paper.-begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. see bastard, n., note.-lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.-of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.-abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.-to bastardize.