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About
·adv On all sides; around. II. About ·prep Around; all round; on every side of. III. About ·prep I...

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about
Circularly; the situation of a ship after she has gone round, and trimmed sails on the opposite tack...

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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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About-sledge
·noun The largest hammer used by smiths. ...

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round about
An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round p...

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run-about
n. and adj. Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...

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nighest-about
the nearest way. N. ...

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bobbing about
Heaving and setting without making any way. ...

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flying about
Synonymous with chop-about (which see). ...

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going about
Tacking ship. ...

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put about
Go on the other tack. ...

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ready about!
or ready oh! The order to prepare for tacking, each man to his station. (See about.) ...

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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-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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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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chop-about, to
Is applied to the wind when it varies and changes suddenly, and at short intervals of time. ...

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heave about, to
To go upon the other tack suddenly. ...

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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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clear for going about
Every man to his station, and every rope an-end. ...

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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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