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right ascension
An arc of the equator between the first point of Aries, and the hour circle which passes through any...
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Ascension
·noun The act of ascending; a rising; ascent.
II. Ascension ·noun An ascending or arising, as in di...
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Ascension
See Christ.
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ascension
The act of mounting or rising upwards. (See right ascension.)
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Right
·adv Exactly; just.
II. Right ·adv In a right manner.
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right
All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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right
As to direction, fully or directly; thus, right ahead, or right away, &c.
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ascension oblique
See oblique ascension.
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oblique ascension
An arc between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which comes to the horizon wit...
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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...
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Right-about
·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...
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Right-angled
·adj Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
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Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
II. Right-hand ·adj Situated or being on the right; n...
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Right-handed
·adj Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
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Right-handedness
·noun The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition.
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Right-lined
·adj Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
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Right-minded
·adj Having a right or honest mind.
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Right-running
·adj Straight; direct.
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Balfour, Right Hon. Arthur James
P.C., LL.D., D.C.L., etc.
(b. 1848)
Statesman and philosophic writer. A Defence of Philosophic Dou...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Bryce, Right Hon. James
P.C., D.C.L., etc.
(b. 1838)
Historical and political writer, etc. The Holy Roman Empire (1862), T...
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Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan
D.D.
(b. 1846)
Historical writer. Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries (1888-89), Edward VI. an...
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miner's right
n.
the licence to dig for gold.See quotation.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `The Miner's Right,' p. 1:
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right away
Directly; immediately.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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right off
Directly; immediately.
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right angle
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...
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right athwart
Square, or at right angles with the keel.
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right away!
It is a habit of seamen answering when a sail is discovered from the mast-head; "Right away on the b...
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right sailing
Running a course on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter only a ship's latitude, or longi...
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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor.
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right whale
A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and...
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right-of-way
n.
a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
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right-angled triangle
That which has one right angle.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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search, right of
See visitation and search.
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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
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muzzle to the right!
, or muzzle to the left!
The order given to trim the gun to the object.
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right up and down
Said in a dead calm, when the wind is no way at all. Or, in anchor work, when the cable is in that c...
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