An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
The yielding or delivery of a possession in response to a demand.
The yielding of the leasehold estate by the lessee to the landlord, so that the tenancy for years merges in the reversion and no longer exists.
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
(typically referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
A man, a fellow, a male friend.
(often preceded by 'poor') A person deserving of pity.
A child who does not know his or her father.
Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
An intermediate-grade file; also bastard file.
A sweet wine.
A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
A large mould for straining sugar.
A writing paper of a particular size.
A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.




