FOOTNOTES:
[11] Class A is divided into the following sub-classes:
I. Straight.
1. That which is not bent, curved, or crooked in any way; for example, a straight line.
2. That which is formed by, or with reference to, a line drawn to another line or surface by the shortest course (i. e., a perpendicular), as, for example, right line, right angle, right ascension, etc.
3. Used to describe solid figures having the ends or base at an angle of 90 degrees with the axis, e. g., right solid, right sphere, right cone, right helicoid, etc.
4. Right circle; in the stereographic projection, a circle represented by a straight line.
5. Right line pen; one that is adapted especially for ruling lines.
II. Direct.
6. The shortest course; that which keeps one and the same direction throughout.
7. That which goes straight to its destination. Compare: “Right across the track.”
III. Immediately. (Compare “directly.”)
8. Suddenly, at once; e. g., “He went right home.” “Right up the mountain.” “Let thine eyes look right on.” “He went right off.”
9. Right away, right here, right now, right down (Cf. downright). “These strata falling, the whole tract sinks down ‘to rights’ in the abyss.”
IV. Idiomatic uses derived from the foregoing.
10. In hunting, the scent or track of the game. “The dogs have got the right.”
11. “Right the helm,” that is, put it in line with the keel.
12. “Right aft,” that is, in direct line with the axis and stern of the ship.
This class includes:
22. “You say not right, old man.”
23. “A right description of our sport, my Lord.”
24. “There hath been a terrible to-do, I could not possibly learn the very right of it.”
25. “You are certainly in the right.”
26. “To put the saddle on the right horse.” (That is, to impute blame where it is deserved.)
27. “The clock that stands still points right twice in the four and twenty hours; while others may keep going continually and be continually going wrong.”
28. “A fool must now and then be right by chance.”
29. “And this wise world of ours is mainly right.”
30. “Some praise at morning what they blame at night,
But always think the last opinion right.”
Idiomatic and archaic uses, signifying true, real, actual, genuine, correct.
31. “If they be not right Granado silk.”
32. “A pound of ointment of right spikenard.”
33. “A right pipe of Trinidad.”
34. “My ryghte doghter, tresoure of myn herte.”
35. “The Poet is indeed the right Popular Philosopher, whereof Esops tales giue good proofe.”
36. “Be sure you’re right, then go ahead.”
37. Right! Right-O! Right you are! (Slang.)
[13] This class includes:
38. That side of the body which is on the east when the face is toward the north, its limbs, their clothing, etc., as, for example, right arm, cheek, leg, ear, coat-sleeve, and so on.
39. Motions in the direction implied in the preceding example: “Go to the right.” “Right about.”
40. Anything, usually one member of a pair, shaped or otherwise adapted for a right-hand position or use, e. g., gloves, shoes, etc.
41. A right-side tool. A right-hand thread on a machine screw.
42. Right camphor; “The camphor produced from the Lauraceae which gives a right polarization to light.
43. Right bower; in euchre the knave of trumps, which is the highest card next to the joker. This card has a place in our study of “right” if for no other reason than that it signifies power of achievement in that player who finds it in his hand.
44. The right hand of fellowship. This expression denotes a custom of very ancient origin, practised in treaties by the Persians and Parthians, not only as an inviolable pledge of fidelity (“In union there is strength.”), but also as a proof that no club or other weapon was concealed in the hand.
45. In the politics of continental Europe,—that party which occupies the position to the right of the president in the legislative assembly.
46. By metonomy (conditioned reflex) the conservative political party.
47. By selective association, the party or party principles which one approves.
[14] As a partial list of the significations included in this class, may be cited:
48. In the legal sense, that which justly accrues or falls to anyone, that which one may properly claim, one’s due, e. g., territory, estate, dominion.
49. Particular cases of the preceding: Right of eminent domain, Constitutional rights, Corporeal rights, Inchoate right of dower, Innominate rights, etc.
50. Idiomatic expressions: “To be in the right,” “To have the right,” “With right,” “By right or rights,” “Of right,” “To have due right,” etc.
51. Joint rights; a title or claim to something properly possessed by two or more persons.
52. A document substantiating a legally recognized claim or title.
53. Legally just or equitable treatment.
54. “Right drawn sword,” drawn in a just cause.
55. The person, party, or cause which is sustained in a controversy. (Compare Ex. 47, Class D.)
56. To do one right; to do one justice.
57. “Right money”; money paid as the condition or consideration of acquiring a “right” to the purchase of land.
58. The title or claim to the enjoyment of privileges or indemnities. (A relatively unemphatic use of the term “legal right.”)
[15] The significations included in this class are numerous and various. As follows:
59. “In conformity with the moral law; permitted by the principle which ought to regulate conduct; in accordance with truth, justice, duty, or the will of God; ethically good, equitable, just.”
60. “A poor man has no [legal] right to relief, but it is [morally] right that he should have it. A rich man has a [legal] right to destroy the harvest of his fields, but to do so would not be [morally] right.”
61. “Goodness in actions is like unto straightness; wherefore that which is done well we term right.”
62. “Cousin of Hereford, as thy cause is right, So be thy fortune in this royal fight.”
63. “He Who now is Sovran can dispose and bid What shall be right.”
64. “That which is consonant with equity, or the light of nature; that which is morally just or due.”
65. “Right conduct; a just and good act, or course of action; anything which justly may or should be done.”
66. “Wrest once the law to your authority; To do a great right, do a little wrong.”
67. “Too fond of the right to do the expedient.”
68. “With firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right.”
69. The right; the cause of truth and justice.
70. That which is proper for or incumbent on one to do: one’s duty. (Obsolete.)
71. The standard of permitted and forbidden action within a certain sphere. (Obsolete.)
72. “Obedience to or harmony with the rules of morality, justice, truth, and propriety.”
73. “Acting in accordance with the highest moral standard; free from guilt or blame.”
74. “A God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is his name.”
75. “I have made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.”
76. “Right reason: that which recommends itself to enlightened intelligence: some inward intimation for which great respect is felt and which is supposed to be common to the mass of mankind.”
77. To be in the right; “to have justice, fact, or reason upon one’s side.”
78. In prepositional phrases, with, by, of right; properly, with reason, justice, etc.
79. To have a right. To have reason or cause; hence, to come near, have a narrow escape from (sic!); e. g., “I’d a good right to be run over by the train this morning.” (Colloquial.)
80. “Divine right of kings.”
81. “Right way; the way of moral excellence or spiritual salvation.” “But you are a presbyterian...?” “I am, sir; praised be the light that shewed me the right way!”
82. Of persons and dispositions; disposed to do what is just.
83. Of belief; orthodox, true. That which ought to be accepted or followed.
84. To do justice to; to relieve from distress; to vindicate; often used reflexively.
“So just is God, to right the innocent.”
85. To do right; to act according to the “law or will of God.”
86. To feel right toward a person; to be either kind, or sympathetic, or to cooperate with him.
[16] We cite here:
87. “The first place is yours, Timothy, in right of your gray hairs.”
88. “I have a perfect right to grieve over him.”
89. “She has a right to be admired, for she is beautiful.”
90. “Not only is she a peeress, but she has fourteen thousand a year in her own right.”
91. “Put your bonnet to the right use; ’tis for the head.”
92. “Why do you twist words out of their right use?”
93. “Mr. Right” “Mrs. Right,” the destined husband or wife.
94. “That part of the quarry given to the hounds as their share or due.”
95. “A stag’s full complement of antlers, consisting of the brow, the bay, and the tray.”
96. “To do one right” to pledge one in a toast. (Compare: “faire raison à.”)
97. “The right word is always a power, and communicates its definiteness to our actions.”
[17] For example:
98. “I should have been a woman by right.”
99. “The lady has been disappointed on the right side.”
100. “If he should offer to choose, and choose the right casket, you should refuse to perform your father’s will....”
101. Idiomatic colloquial phrases expressing satisfaction or approval: as “Your conduct and dress are all right.” “He has done it all right.” “Are you ready? All right, go ahead.”
102. To set right; to adjust or correct something out of order. “Your mother’s hand shall right your mother’s wrong.”
103. In a satisfactory or proper state or order: “It’s a snug little island, a right little, tight little island.”
104. Skilfully performed, correctly done: “The sum is not right.” “The drawing is not right.” “Nothing goes right.”
105. “To rights,” properly, fittingly, as, for example, “She put the room to rights.”
106. “I put him right on the matter,” that is, corrected or directed him, or both.
107. The safe, advantageous, appropriate, or desirable side of anything, as, “A widow on the right side of thirty.”
108. Fitting, proper, appropriate, exactly according to what is required or suitable, as, “Things of the right size.”
109. The outward, front, or most finished surface of anything, as, “The right side of a piece of cloth.”
110. In good health or spirits, sound, comfortable, or sane, as:
“An old uncle of mine who isn’t exactly right.”
“He is not in his right mind; he is talking nonsense and is stark mad.”
“The heart’s aye the part aye
That makes us right or wrang.”
“‘Oh,’ said Mr. Winkle the elder, ‘I hope you are well, sir.’ ‘Right as a trivet, sir,’ replied Bob Sawyer.”