Note 11 — Chapter V · “RIGHT” AS A GESTURAL SIGN
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Class A is divided into the following sub-classes:
I. Straight.
1. That which is not bent, curved, or crooked in any way; for example, a straight line.
2. That which is formed by, or with reference to, a line drawn to another line or surface by the shortest course (i. e., a perpendicular), as, for example, right line, right angle, right ascension, etc.
3. Used to describe solid figures having the ends or base at an angle of 90 degrees with the axis, e. g., right solid, right sphere, right cone, right helicoid, etc.
4. Right circle; in the stereographic projection, a circle represented by a straight line.
5. Right line pen; one that is adapted especially for ruling lines.
II. Direct.
6. The shortest course; that which keeps one and the same direction throughout.
7. That which goes straight to its destination. Compare: “Right across the track.”
III. Immediately. (Compare “directly.”)
8. Suddenly, at once; e. g., “He went right home.” “Right up the mountain.” “Let thine eyes look right on.” “He went right off.”
9. Right away, right here, right now, right down (Cf. downright). “These strata falling, the whole tract sinks down ‘to rights’ in the abyss.”
IV. Idiomatic uses derived from the foregoing.
10. In hunting, the scent or track of the game. “The dogs have got the right.”
11. “Right the helm,” that is, put it in line with the keel.
12. “Right aft,” that is, in direct line with the axis and stern of the ship.