Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dexterity

means right-handed skill (Latin, dexter, the right hand). “Awkward” (q.v.) means left-handed; gauche is the French, and sinister the Latin for the left hand. Certainly the German left-handed marriages are sinister ones.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Dgellabæ'an
Dew-drink
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