About The Word Right-hand
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Right-hand
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What's The Definition Of Right-hand?
[n] the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body"
[adj] most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man" Synonyms | Synonyms for Right-hand: helpful | right Related Terms | Find terms related to Right-hand: See Also | hand | manus | mitt | paw Right-hand In Webster's Dictionary \Right"-hand`\, a.
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}.
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