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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...

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Whale
·noun Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of whic...

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Whale
The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but R.V., "sea-monster"). It ...

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whale
A general term for various marine animals of the order Cetacea, including the most colossal of all a...

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Whale
As to the signification of the Hebrew terms tan and tannin, variously rendered in the Authorized Ver...

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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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Sperm whale
·- A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper ja...

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black whale
The name by which the right whale of the south seas (Balæna australis) is often known to whalemen. ...

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fin-whale
See finner. ...

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gallan whale
The largest whale which visits the Hebrides. ...

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greenland whale
See right whale. ...

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furrowed whale
See rorqual ...

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sperm whale
Otherwise known as the cachalot, Physeter macrocephalus. A large cetacean, belonging to the divisi...

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whale-bird
A beautiful little bird seen hovering in flocks over the Southern Ocean, in search of the small crus...

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whale-boat
A boat varying from 26 to 56 feet in length, and from 4 to 10 feet beam, sharp at both ends, and adm...

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whale-calf
The young whale. ...

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whale-fisheries
The places at which the capture of whales, or "whale-fishery," is carried on. The principal are the ...

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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 angle
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...

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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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bottle-nosed whale
See bottle-nose ...

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hump-backed whale
A species of whalebone whale, the Megaptera longimana, which attains to 45 or 50 feet in length, and...

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japanese whale-boat
A long, open, and sharp rowing-boat of Japan. ...

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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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