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Webster 1913 Edition
Right-about
Right′-a-boutˊ
,Noun.
[
Right
, adv. + about
, adv.] A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite;
as, to turn to the
. right-about
To send to the right-about
, to cause to turn toward the opposite point or quarter; – hence, of troops, to cause to turn and retreat.
[Colloq.]
Sir W. Scott.