SINISTER CHIEF POINT

Meaning of SINISTER CHIEF POINT in English

noun

: the upper sinister part of the field of an escutcheon — see point illustration

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SINISTER — I. ˈsinə̇stə(r), chiefly archaic sə̇ˈnis- adjective Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Latin sinister left, on the left side, awkward, injurious, …
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POINT — I. ˈpȯint dial ˈpīnt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old French point prick, sting, small spot, …
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CHIEF — I. ˈchēf noun ( plural chiefs ˈchēfs sometimes -ēvz) Etymology: Middle English chief, chef, from Old French chief, chef, from …
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SINISTER — (a.) Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
Английский словарь Webster
SINISTER — (a.) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
Английский словарь Webster
SINISTER — (a.) Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
Английский словарь Webster
SINISTER — ( a. ) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SINISTER — ( a. ) Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SINISTER — ( a. ) Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SINISTER — — sinisterly , adv. — sinisterness , n. /sin"euh steuhr/ , adj. 1. threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POINT — /poynt/ , n. 1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger. 2. a projecting part of anything: A …
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CHIEF — — chiefless , adj. — chiefship , n. /cheef/ , n. 1. the head or leader of an organized body …
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CHIEF — I. ˈchēf adjective Date: 14th century 1. : accorded highest rank or office chief librarian 2. : of greatest importance …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SINISTER — sə-ˈnis- adjective Etymology: Middle English sinistre, from Anglo-French senestre on the left, from Latin sinistr-, sinister on the left side, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SINISTER — adj on the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; opposed to dexter, or right. 2. …
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CHIEF — adj very intimate, near, or close. 2. chief ·adj highest in office or rank; principal; head. 3. chief ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
SINISTER — [sin.is.ter] adj [ME sinistre, fr. L sinistr-, sinister on the left side, unlucky, inauspicious] (15c) 1 archaic: unfavorable, unlucky 2. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHIEF — [chief] adj (14c) 1: accorded highest rank or office "~ librarian" 2: of greatest importance or influence "the ~ reasons" …
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CHIEF — a political leader of a primitive social group, such as a band, tribe, or confederacy of tribes. Among many primitive …
Britannica English vocabulary
SINISTER — sinister BrE AmE ˈsɪn ɪst ə § -əst- AmE - ə r ▷ sinister|ly li ▷ sinister|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHIEF — chief BrE AmE tʃiːf ▷ chiefly ˈtʃiːf li ▷ chiefs tʃiːfs ▶ ˌ chief ˈ constable BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SINISTER — / ˈsɪnɪstə(r); NAmE / adjective seeming evil or dangerous; making you think sth bad will happen : There was something …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POINT — / pɔɪnt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OPINION / FACT 1. [ C ] a thing that sb …
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CHIEF — / tʃiːf; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. most important : the chief …
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SINISTER — sin ‧ is ‧ ter /ˈsɪnəstə, ˈsɪnɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POINT — I. point 1 S1 W1 /pɔɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ point , ↑ pointer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHIEF — I. chief 1 S2 W2 /tʃiːf/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . [only before noun] highest in rank: He was recently …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SINISTER — adj. 1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POINT — n. & v. --n. 1 the sharp or tapered end of a tool, weapon, pencil, etc. 2 a tip or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHIEF — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a leader or ruler. b the head of a tribe, clan, etc. 2 the …
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SINISTER — adj. 1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POINT — n. & v. n. 1 the sharp or tapered end of a tool, weapon, pencil, etc. 2 a tip or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHIEF — n. & adj. n. 1 a a leader or ruler. b the head of a tribe, clan, etc. 2 the …
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SINISTER — adj.1 suggestive of evil; looking malignant or villainous. 2 wicked or criminal (a sinister motive). 3 of evil omen. 4 …
Oxford English vocab
POINT — n. & v. --n. 1. the sharp or tapered end of a tool, weapon, pencil, etc. 2 a tip or …
Oxford English vocab
CHIEF — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a leader or ruler. b the head of a tribe, clan, etc. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
SINISTER — Something that is sinister seems evil or harmful. There was something sinister about him that she found disturbing. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POINT — ( points, pointing, pointed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHIEF — ( chiefs) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The chief of an …
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SINISTER — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB more ▪ But things have taken on more sinister overtones since then. ▪ Slummers, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POINT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crucial point ▪ This was a crucial point in our relationship. a departure …
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SINISTER — [adjective] - suggesting that someone or something is evil, or that something evil is going to happenThe ruined house had …
Cambridge English vocab
CHIEF — (MOST IMPORTANT) [adjective] [before noun; not gradable] - most important or mainThe chief problem we have in the area now …
Cambridge English vocab
SINISTER — adj. Function: adjective seriously threatening disaster FF1C; a sinister plot FF1E; Synonyms: baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign; compare OMINOUS Related Words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SINISTER — adjective seriously threatening disaster a sinister plot Synonyms: baleful, malefic, maleficent, malign; compare ominous Related Word: fateful, ill-omened, inauspicious, ominous, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SINISTER — adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , seem , sound ▪ find sth ADVERB ▪ extremely , fairly , very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SINISTER — adj. 25B6; adjective there was a sinister undertone in his words : MENACING, threatening, ominous, forbidding, baleful, frightening, alarming, disturbing, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHIEF — n. 25B6; noun a Highland chief : LEADER, chieftain, head, headman, ruler, overlord, master, commander, seigneur, liege (lord), potentate. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SINISTER — adj. 1 fateful, inauspicious, unfavourable, foreboding, threatening, menacing, minacious, minatory or minatorial, portentous, ominous, unpropitious, disastrous, dark, gloomy There was …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CHIEF — n. 1 head, leader, principal, superior, supervisor, superintendent, manager, overseer, captain, master, ringleader, chieftain, Dialect himself, Colloq boss, bossman, Brit …
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SINISTER — прил. 1) зловещий, злой, страшный, мрачный sinister smile ≈ зловещая ухмылка There was something sinister about him that she found …
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POINT — 1. сущ. 1) точка The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. ≈ Точка замерзания воды - 32 градуса …
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CHIEF — 1. сущ. 1) правитель; руководитель. глава, лидер; начальник; шеф (часто как обращение в разговорной речи) ; директор, заведующий the chief …
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SINISTER — sinister.ogg ʹsınıstə a 1. дурной; зловещий; мрачный sinister face glance - мрачное лицо -ый взгляд sinister beginning - начало, не …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POINT — point.ogg 1. pɔınt n _I 1. 1> точка (full) point - точка ( знак препинания ) interrogation exclamation point - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHIEF — chief.ogg 1. tʃi:f n 1. 1> глава, руководитель; лидер; начальник, шеф; заведующий, директор chief of chemical corps - воен. начальник …
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POINT — 1) точка 2) остриё, острый конец || заострять 3) режущая кромка; вершина ( сверла, резца ) 4) положение; позиция; координата …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
POINT — 1) точка 2) остриё, острый конец || заострять 3) режущая кромка; вершина (сверла, резца) 4) положение; позиция; координата (рабочего органа) 5) указывать; ориентировать, наводить 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
POINT — 1) машиностр. балл 2) деление 3) заострение 4) запятая 5) кегль 6) место 7) топогр. мыс 8) наконечник 9) острие 10) острый конец 11) очко 12) предмет 13) пункт 14) расшивать 15) расшить 16) ставить …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
POINT — point сущ.1) точка, пятнышко, крапинка body dotted with numerous red points — тело, усыпанное многочисленными красными пятнышками Syn:dot 2) а) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CHIEF — chief сущ.1) правитель; руководитель. глава, лидер; начальник; шеф (часто как обращение в разговорной речи) ; директор, заведующий the chief of …
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CHIEF — 1. [tʃi:f] n 1. 1) глава, руководитель; лидер; начальник, шеф; заведующий, директор ~ of chemical corps - воен. начальник (управления) …
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