On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.
Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; -- the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister influences.
Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger; as, a sinister countenance.
Heraldic; on left side of shield, i.e. on spectator's right. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Dexter
the left side of a heraldic field.
adjective, Latin = left-sided.
Left ( hand, paw, etc. ); Left side ( from behind the shield ). Slipped: (of a flower or plant ) With a stalk. Often shown as if torn from the main stem.
In heraldry, designates the left-hand side of the shield, or the right for the spectator.
The left hand side, as viewed from the holder, or right as seen from the observer
On the left-hand side of a shield or flag when seen from a bearer's viewpoint, or the right-hand side as seen by a viewer.
Left (viewed by the bearer)
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly"
stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; "black deeds"; "a black lie"; "his black heart has concocted yet another black deed"; "Darth Vader of the dark side"; "a dark purpose"; "dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility"; "the scheme of some sinister intelligence bent on punishing him"-Thomas Hardy
on or starting from the wearer's left; "bar sinister"
The right edge of the shield as seen by an observer, or the left edge as seen by the bearer of the shield. (assuming the bearer is right-handed.)
A heraldic term indicating the left-hand side of a chain of office or medallion from the point of view of the wearer. It is thus the right-hand side from the point of view of one looking at the article being worn. The same term is used to indicate the side of a coat-of arms which appears to the right as one looks at the shield.
The left hand side of the shield from the standpoint of the man behind it
right of the viewer, left of the wearer.
Of or on the left side of a shield; on the reader's right (Valentine 80). See related term: Dexter