Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to
   D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[aum]tt,
   Icel. rettr, Goth. ra['i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to
   guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf.
   {Adroit},{Alert}, {Correct}, {Dress}, {Regular}, {Rector},
   {Recto}, {Rectum}, {Regent}, {Region}, {Realm}, {Rich},
   {Royal}, {Rule}.]
   1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as
      any line." --Chaucer
      
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   2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not
      oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
      
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   3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God,
      or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and
      just; according with truth and duty; just; true.
      
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            That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is
            absolutely right, and is called right simply without
            relation to a special end.            --Whately.
      
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   2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right
      man in the right place; the right way from London to
      Oxford.
      
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   5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not
      spurious. "His right wife." --Chaucer.
      
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            In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly
            manifested themselves to be right barbarians.
                                                  --Milton.
      
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   6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming
      to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous;
      correct; as, this is the right faith.
      
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            You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.
                                                  --Shak.
      
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            If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the
            inference is . . . right, "Let us eat and drink, for
            to-morrow we die."                    --Locke.
      
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   7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
      
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            The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
                                                  --Spectator.
      
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   8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which
      the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other
      side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part
      of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied
      to the corresponding side of the lower animals.
      
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            Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.
                                                  --Longfellow.
      
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   Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are
         used always with reference to the position of one who
         is facing in the direction of the current's flow.
         
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   9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well
      regulated; correctly done.
      
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   10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side
       of a piece of cloth.
       
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   {At right angles}, so as to form a right angle or right
      angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.
      

   {Right and left}, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]

   {Right and left coupling} (Pipe fitting), a coupling the
      opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw
      and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.

   {Right angle}.
       (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another
           perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC.
       (b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the
           axes of two great circles whose planes are
           perpendicular to each other.

   {Right ascension}. See under {Ascension}.

   {Right Center} (Politics), those members belonging to the
      Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with
      the Right on political questions. See {Center}, n., 5.

   {Right cone}, {Right cylinder}, {Right prism}, {Right  pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the
      axis of which is perpendicular to the base.

   {Right line}. See under {Line}.

   {Right sailing} (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal
      points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,
      but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

   {Right sphere} (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position
      that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in
      spherical projections, that position of the sphere in
      which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the
      equator.
      
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   Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you
         say is right, true.
         
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               "Right," cries his lordship.       --Pope.
         
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   Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;
        rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper;
        suitable; becoming.
        
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Right \Right\, adv.
   1. In a right manner.
      
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   2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;
      immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went
      right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right
      after the guide.
      
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            Unto Dian's temple goeth she right.   --Chaucer.
      
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            Let thine eyes look right on.         --Prov. iv.
                                                  25.
      
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            Right across its track there lay,
            Down in the water, a long reef of gold. --Tennyson.
      
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   3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
      
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            Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak.
      
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   4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the
      standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live
      right; to judge right.
      
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   5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
      
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            You with strict discipline instructed right.
                                                  --Roscommon.
      
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   6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;
      correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at
      mine own cost." --Chaucer.
      
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            Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer.
      
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            His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.
                                                  --Fairfax.
      
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   7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;
      highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He
      was not right fat". --Chaucer.
      
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            For which I should be right sorry.    --Tyndale.
      
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            [I] return those duties back as are right fit.
                                                  --Shak.
      
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   Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right
         honorable; right reverend.
         
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   {Right honorable}, a title given in England to peers and
      peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such
      peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy
      councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord
      mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.
      
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   Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as
         upright, downright, forthright, etc.
         
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   {Right along}, without cessation; continuously; as, to work
      right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]

   {Right away}, or {Right off}, at once; straightway; without
      delay. [Colloq. U.S.] "We will . . . shut ourselves up in
      the office and do the work right off." --D. Webster.
      
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Right \Right\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Righted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Righting}.] [AS. rihtan. See {Right}, a.]
   1. To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to
      set upright; to make right or straight (that which has
      been wrong or crooked); to correct.
      
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   2. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights
      to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the
      oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.
      
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            So just is God, to right the innocent. --Shak.
      
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            All experience hath shown that mankind are more
            disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than
            to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which
            they are accustomed.                  --Jefferson.
      
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   {To right a vessel} (Naut.), to restore her to an upright
      position after careening.

   {To right the helm} (Naut.), to place it in line with the
      keel.
      
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Right \Right\, n. [AS. right. See {Right}, a.]
   1. That which is right or correct. Specifically:
      (a) The straight course; adherence to duty; obedience to
          lawful authority, divine or human; freedom from guilt,
          -- the opposite of moral wrong.
      (b) A true statement; freedom from error of falsehood;
          adherence to truth or fact.
          
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                Seldom your opinions err;
                Your eyes are always in the right. --Prior.
          
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      (c) A just judgment or action; that which is true or
          proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.
          
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                Long love to her has borne the faithful knight,
                And well deserved, had fortune done him right.
                                                  --Dryden.
          
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   2. That to which one has a just claim. Specifically:
      (a) That which one has a natural claim to exact.
          
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                There are no rights whatever, without
                corresponding duties.             --Coleridge.
          
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      (b) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to
          exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a
          right to arrest a criminal.
      (c) That which justly belongs to one; that which one has a
          claim to possess or own; the interest or share which
          anyone has in a piece of property; title; claim;
          interest; ownership.
          
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                Born free, he sought his right.   --Dryden.
          
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                Hast thou not right to all created things?
                                                  --Milton.
          
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                Men have no right to what is not reasonable.
                                                  --Burke.
          
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      (d) Privilege or immunity granted by authority.
          
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   3. The right side; the side opposite to the left.
      
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            Led her to the Souldan's right.       --Spenser.
      
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   4. In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those
      members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists.
      See {Center}, 5.
      
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   5. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of
      cloth, a carpet, etc.
      
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   {At all right}, at all points; in all respects. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.

   {Bill of rights}, a list of rights; a paper containing a
      declaration of rights, or the declaration itself. See
      under {Bill}.

   {By right}, {By rights}, or {By good rights}, rightly;
      properly; correctly.
      
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            He should himself use it by right.    --Chaucer.
      
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            I should have been a woman by right.  --Shak.
      
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   {Divine right}, or

   {Divine right of kings}, a name given to the patriarchal
      theory of government, especially to the doctrine that no
      misconduct and no dispossession can forfeit the right of a
      monarch or his heirs to the throne, and to the obedience
      of the people.

   {To rights}.
      (a) In a direct line; straight. [R.] --Woodward.
      (b) At once; directly. [Obs. or Colloq.] --Swift.

   {To set to rights}, {To put to rights}, to put in good order;
      to adjust; to regulate, as what is out of order.

   {Writ of right} (Law), a writ which lay to recover lands in
      fee simple, unjustly withheld from the true owner.
      --Blackstone.
      
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Right \Right\, v. i.
   1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to
      become upright.
      
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   2. (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or
      boat, after careening.
      
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