Definition of right

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Right (v. i.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening..

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Life :: Life (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
Homogeny :: Homogeny (n.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence
Patent :: Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter..
Square :: Square (a.) Forming a right angle; as, a square corner..
Moral :: Moral (a.) Capable of right and wrong action or of being governed by a sense of right; subject to the law of duty.
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors..
Mend :: Mend (v. t.) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace..
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
Errant :: Errant (a.) Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.
Honest :: Honest (a.) Characterized by integrity or fairness and straight/forwardness in conduct, thought, speech, etc.; upright; just; equitable; trustworthy; truthful; sincere; free from fraud, guile, or duplicity; not false; -- said of persons and acts, and of things to which a moral quality is imputed; as, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession..
Colonial :: Colonial (a.) Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars..
Dispose :: Dispose (n.) Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control.
Palladium :: Palladium (n.) Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights..
Corncutter :: Corncutter (n.) An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn..
Position :: Position (n.) The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position..
Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees..
Guarantee :: Guarantee (n.) In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; as, to guarantee the execution of a treaty..
Prighte :: Prighte () imp. of Prick.
Udal :: Udal (n.) In Shetland and Orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right..
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