dexter

5 definitions found

dexter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

dexter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dexter
      adj 1: on or starting from the wearer's right

dexter - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Dexter, GA (town, FIPS 22752)
    Location: 32.43305 N, 83.05997 W
    Population (1990): 475 (213 housing units)
    Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 31019
  Dexter, IA (city, FIPS 21225)
    Location: 41.51563 N, 94.22688 W
    Population (1990): 628 (260 housing units)
    Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 50070
  Dexter, KS (city, FIPS 17925)
    Location: 37.17934 N, 96.71568 W
    Population (1990): 320 (134 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 67038
  Dexter, KY
    Zip code(s): 42036
  Dexter, ME (CDP, FIPS 17495)
    Location: 45.01552 N, 69.29460 W
    Population (1990): 2650 (1238 housing units)
    Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 04930
  Dexter, MI (village, FIPS 22160)
    Location: 42.33147 N, 83.87981 W
    Population (1990): 1497 (676 housing units)
    Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 48130
  Dexter, MN (city, FIPS 15886)
    Location: 43.71808 N, 92.70248 W
    Population (1990): 303 (122 housing units)
    Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 55926
  Dexter, MO (city, FIPS 19396)
    Location: 36.79037 N, 89.96032 W
    Population (1990): 7559 (3433 housing units)
    Area: 13.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 63841
  Dexter, NM (town, FIPS 20620)
    Location: 33.19472 N, 104.36836 W
    Population (1990): 898 (348 housing units)
    Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 88230
  Dexter, NY (village, FIPS 20500)
    Location: 44.00821 N, 76.04572 W
    Population (1990): 1030 (404 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 13634
  Dexter, OH
    Zip code(s): 45741
  Dexter, OR
    Zip code(s): 97431

dexter - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "dexter":
     astarboard, auspicious, benign, bright, clockwise, conservative,
     dextrad, dextral, dextrally, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral,
     dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal,
     dextrorotary, dextrorse, fortunate, off, on the right, propitious,
     reactionary, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish,
     rightward, rightwardly, rightwards, starboard, to the right,
     white