LEFT
ADJECTIVES
► LARBOARD left → 1781 humorous usage
► LEFTWISE toward the left → 1860
► NEAR on the left side → 1823 colloq.
► SINISTER 1. situated on the left side of the body → c1475
2. lying on or towards the left hand → 1483
3. directed to the left; characterized by moving towards the left → 1615 rare
► SINISTRAL situated on the left side of the body; pert. to the left hand or side → 1803
► SINISTRINE left → 1791
► SINISTRORSE moving or going towards the left → 1891
► SINISTROUS pert. to or situated on the left hand or side → 1646 obs.
ADVERBS
► SINISTRAD to or towards the left side → 1803
► SINISTRALLY towards the left → 1847
► SINISTROUSLY with a tendency to use the left hand in preference to the right; with the left hand → 1646
NOUNS
► HEART-SIDE the left side → 1580 obs.
► SINISTERITY use of the left hand; skill in this → 1877
► SINISTRATION a moving or turning to the left → 1890
PHRASES
► ON YOUR LEFT RAISE on your left-hand side → 1940 African-American sl.
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