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Webster 1913 Edition


Right-hand

Right′-handˊ

,
Adj.
1.
Situated or being on the right; nearer the right hand than the left;
as, the
right-hand
side, room, or road
.
2.
Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
Mr. Alexander Truncheon, who is their
right-hand
man in the troop.
Addison.
Right-hand rope
,
a rope which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is, in the same direction as plain-laid rope. See Illust. of
Cordage
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Right-hand

RIGHT-HAND

,
Noun.
The hand opposite to the left, usually the strongest, most convenient or dextrous hand, and hence its name in other languages, as well as in our.

Definition 2024


right-hand

right-hand

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right-hand

  1. of, relating to, or located on the right
  2. designed for use by the right hand
  3. in the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread)

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