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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 road2.
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.
Definition 2025
right-hand
right-hand
See also: righthand
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Alternative forms
Adjective
- of, relating to, or located on the right
- designed for use by the right hand
- in the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread)