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Right
·adv Exactly; just. II. Right ·adv In a right manner. III. Right ·adj That which is right or corre...

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right
All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for ...

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right
As to direction, fully or directly; thus, right ahead, or right away, &c. ...

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Angle
·noun The figure made by. two lines which meet. II. Angle ·noun A projecting or sharp corner; an an...

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angle
The space or aperture intersected by the natural inclination of two lines or planes meeting each oth...

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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. II. Right-handed ·adj Having th...

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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...

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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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right off
Directly; immediately. ...

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ascension right
See right ascension. ...

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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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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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Gliding angle
·add. ·- The angle, ·esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aeroplane will glide to ear...

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Phase angle
·add. ·- The angle expressing phase relation. ...

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Wide-angle
·add. ·adj Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; — applied to certain lenses of rela...

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angle-bowing
a method of fencing sheep-grounds, used at Exmoor in Somersetshire. ...

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angle-twitch
See angle-dog ...

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angle-dog
, or angle-twitch A large earth-worm, sought for bait. ...

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angle-irons
Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various s...

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dead-angle
In fortification, is an angle receiving no defence, either by its own fire or that of any other work...

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diminished angle
In fortification, that formed by the exterior side and the line of defence. ...

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flanked angle
In fortification, a salient angle formed by two lines of flank defence. ...

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horary angle
The apparent time by the sun, or the sidereal time of the moon, or planets, or stars, from the merid...

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horned angle
That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle. ...

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hour-angle
The angular distance of a heavenly body east or west of the meridian. ...

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obtuse angle
One measuring above 90°, and therefore beyond a right angle; called by shipwrights standing bevellin...

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parallactic angle
The angle made at a star by arcs passing through the zenith and pole respectively. ...

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salient angle
In fortification, one of which the point projects outwards. ...

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sistroid angle
One like a sistrum, the Egyptian musical instrument. ...

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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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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...

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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...

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sosse-br angle
a slatternly lazy wench. S. ...

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angle of commutation
The difference between the heliocentric longitudes of the earth and a planet or comet, the latter be...

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angle of eccentricity
An astronomical term denoting the angle whose sine is equal to the eccentricity of an orbit. ...

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angle of elevation
See elevation, angle of. ...

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angle of incidence
See incidence, angle of. ...

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angle of position
A term usually confined to double stars, to distinguish the line of bearing between them when they a...

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angle of reflection
See reflection, angle of. ...

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angle of situation
This was formerly called the angle of position, and is also termed the parallactic angle (which see)...

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elevation, angle of
In gunnery, that which the axis of the bore makes with the plane of the horizon. It is attained by s...

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incidence, angle of
That which the direction of a ray of light, &c., makes at the point where it strikes with a line dra...

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re-entering angle
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place. ...

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reflection, angle of
Whether the instance be a ray of light or a cannon-ball, the angle of reflection will always be foun...

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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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angle of lee-way
The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...

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angle of the centre
In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...

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angle of the shoulder
See epaule. ...

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angle of the vertical
The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth's surface...

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