Chapter 1349

All experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Jefferson.

To right a vessel (Naut.) , to restore her to an upright position after careening. -- To right the helm (Naut.) , to place it in line with the keel.

Right <Xpage=1242>

Right , v. i. 1. To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

2. (Naut.) Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

Right-about <Xpage=1242>

Right"-a*bout` (?) , n. [ 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.

Right-angled <Xpage=1242>

Right"-an`gled (?) , a. Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle .

Righten <Xpage=1242>

Right"en (?) , v. t. To do justice to. [Obs.]

Relieve [marginal reading, righten ] the opressed. Isa. i. 17.

Righteous <Xpage=1242>

Right"eous (?) , a. [OE. rightways , rightwise , AS. rightw\'c6s ; riht right + w\'c6s wise, having wisdom, prudent. See Right , a. , Wise , a. ] Doing, or according with, that which is right; yielding to all their due; just; equitable; especially, free from wrong, guilt, or sin; holy; as, a righteous man or act; a righteous retribution .

Fearless in his righteous cause. Milton.

Syn. -- Upright; just; godly; holy; uncorrupt; virtuous; honest; equitable; rightful.

Righteoused <Xpage=1242>

Right"eoused (?) , a. Made righteous. [Obs.]

Righteously <Xpage=1242>

Right"eous*ly (?) , adv. [AS. rightw\'c6sl\'c6ce .] In a righteous manner; as, to judge righteously .

Righteousness <Xpage=1242>

Right"eous*ness , n. [AS. rihtw\'c6snes .] 1. The quality or state of being righteous; holiness; purity; uprightness; rectitude.

&hand; Righteousness , as used in Scripture and theology, in which it chiefly occurs, is nearly equivalent to holiness , comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law.

2. A righteous act, or righteous quality.

All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Isa. lxiv. 6.

3. The act or conduct of one who is righteous.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth right<?/<?/<?/ness at all times. Ps. cvi. 3.

4. (Theol.) The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.

There are two kinds of Christian righteousness : the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian virtues. Hooker.

Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone. Westminster Catechism.

Syn. -- Uprightness; holiness; godliness; equity; justice; rightfulness; integryty; honesty; faithfulness.

Righter <Xpage=1242>

Right"er (?) , n. One who sets right; one who does justice or redresses wrong.

Shelton.

Rightful <Xpage=1242>

Right"ful (?) , a. 1. Righteous; upright; just; good; -- said of persons. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. Consonant to justice; just; as, a rightful cause .

3. Having the right or just claim according to established laws; being or holding by right; as, the rightful heir to a throne or an estate; a rightful king.

4. Belonging, held, or possessed by right, or by just claim; as, a rightful inheritance; rightful authority.

Syn. -- Just; lawful; true; honest; equitable; proper.

Rightfully <Xpage=1242>

Right"ful*ly , adv. According to right or justice.

Rightfulness <Xpage=1242>

Right"ful*ness , n. 1. The quality or state of being rightful; accordance with right and justice.

2. Moral rectitude; righteousness. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

We fail of perfect rightfulness . Sir P. Sidney.

Right-hand <Xpage=1242>

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 .

Righthanded <Xpage=1242>

Right"*hand`ed , a. 1. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.

2. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust . of Scalaria .

Right-handed screw , a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that screw advances away from the observer when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.

Right-handedness <Xpage=1242>

Right"-hand`ed*ness , n. The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

Right-hearted <Xpage=1242>

Right"-heart`ed (?) , a. Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness , n.

Rightless <Xpage=1242>

Right"less , a. Destitute of right.

Sylvester.

Right-lined <Xpage=1242>

Right"-lined` (?) , a. Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle .

Rightly <Xpage=1242>

Right"ly , adv. [AS. richtlice .] 1. Straightly; directly; in front. [Obs.]

Shak.

2. According to justice; according to the divine will or moral rectitude; uprightly; as, duty rightly performed .

3. Properly; fitly; suitably; appropriately.

Eve rightly called, Mother of all mankind. Milton.

4. According to truth or fact; correctly; not erroneously; exactly. "I can not rightly say."

Shak.

Thou didst not rightly see. Dryden.

Right-minded <Xpage=1242>

Right"-mind`ed (?) , a. Having a right or honest mind. -- Right"-mind`ed*ness , n.

Rightness <Xpage=1242>

Right"ness , n. [AS. richtnes .] . Straightness; as, the rightness of a line .

Bacon.

2. The quality or state of being right; right relation.

The craving for rightness with God. J. C. Shairp.

Right-running <Xpage=1242>

Right"-run`ning (?) , a. Straight; direct.

Rightward <Xpage=1242>

Right"ward (?) , adv. Toward the right.

Rightward and leftward rise the rocks. Southey.

Right whale <Xpage=1242>

Right" whale` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ( Bal\'91na mysticetus ), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ( Bal\'91na cisarctica ), and the Pacific right whale ( B. Sieboldii ); a bone whale.

Pygmy right whale (Zo\'94l.) , a small New Zealand whale (Neobal\'91na marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.

Rightwise <Xpage=1242>

Right"wise` (?) , a. Righteous. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Rightwise <Xpage=1242>

Right"wise` , v. t. To make righteous. [Obs.]

Rightwisely <Xpage=1242>

Right"wise`ly , adv. Righteously. [Obs.]

Rightwiseness <Xpage=1242>

Right"wise`ness , n. Righteousness. [Obs.]

In doom and eke in rightwisnesse . Chaucer.

Rigid <Xpage=1242>

Rig"id (?) , a. [L. rigidus , fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide . Cf. Rigor . ] 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton.

2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.

The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne.

Syn. -- Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.

Rigidity <Xpage=1242>

Ri*gid"i*ty (?) , n. [L. rigiditas : cf. F. rigidit\'82 . See Rigid .] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility , ductility , malleability , and softness .

2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

Sir H. Wotton.

3. Severity; rigor. [Obs. orR.]

Bp. Burnet.

Syn. -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility.

Rigidly <Xpage=1242>

Rig"id*ly (?) , v. In a rigid manner; stiffly.

Rigidness <Xpage=1242>

Rig"id*ness , n. The quality or state of being rigid.

Rigidulous <Xpage=1242>

Ri*gid"u*lous (?) , a. [Dim. from rigid .] (Bot.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle .

Riglet <Xpage=1242>

Rig"let (?) , n. (Print.) See Reglet .

Rigmarole <Xpage=1242>

Rig"ma*role (?) , n. [For ragman roll . See Ragman's roll .] A succession of confused or nonsencial statements; foolish talk; nonsense. [Colloq.]

Often one's dear friend talks something which one scruples to call rigmarole . De Quincey.

Rigmarole <Xpage=1242>

Rig"ma*role , a. Consisting of rigmarole; frovolous; nonsensical; foolish.

Rigol <Xpage=1242>

Rig"ol (?) , n. [OE. also ringol . Cf. Ring .] A circle; hence, a diadem. [Obs.]

Shak.

Rigoll <Xpage=1242>

Rig"oll (?) , n. [Corruupted fr. regal .] A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end. Moore (Encyc. of Music. ) .

Rigor <Xpage=1242>

Ri"gor (?) , n. [L. See Rigor ., below.] 1. Rigidity; stiffness.

2. (ed.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceeding a fever.

Rigor caloris (<?/) [L., rigor of heat] (Physiol.) , a form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50&deg;C. -- Rigor mortis (<?/) [L. , rigor of death] , death stiffening; the rigidity of the muscles that occurs at death and lasts till decomposition sets in. It is due to the formation of myosin by the coagulation of the contents of the individual muscle fibers.

Rigor <Xpage=1242>

Rig"or (?) , n. [OE. rigour , OF. rigour , F. rigueur , from L. rigor , fr. rigere to be stiff. See Rigid .] [Written also rigour .] 1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

The rest his look Bound with Gorgonian rigor not to move. Milton.

2. (Med.) See 1st Rigor , 2.

3. Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.

4. Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

All his rigor is turned to grief and pity. Denham.

If I shall be condemn'd Upon surmises, . . . I tell you 'T is rigor and not law. Shak.

5. Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor ; to enforce moral duties with rigor ; -- opposed to lenity .

6. Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.

The prince lived in this convent with all the rigor and austerity of a capuchin. Addison.

7. Violence; force; fury. [Obs.]

Whose raging rigor neither steel nor brass could stay. Spenser.

Syn. -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility; severity; austerity; sternness; harshness; strictness; exactness.

Rigorism <Xpage=1242>

Rig"or*ism (?) , n. 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity .

2. Severity, as of style, or the like.

Jefferson.

Rigorist <Xpage=1242>

Rig"or*ist , n. [Cf. F. rigoriste .] One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.

Rigorous <Xpage=1242>

Rig"or*ous (?) , a. [F. rigoureux , LL. rigorosus . See Rigor .] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.

He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands . Shak.

We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. De Quincey.

2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter .

3. Violent. [Obs.] " Rigorous uproar."

Spenser.

Syn. -- Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact.

-- Rig"or*ous*ly , adv. -- Rig"or*ous*ness , n.

Rigsdaler <Xpage=1242>

Rigs"da`ler (?) , n. [Dan. See Rix-dollar .] A Danish coin worth about fifty-four cents. It was former unit of value in Denmark.

Riksdaler <Xpage=1242>

Riks"da`ler (?) , n. [Sw. See Rix-dollar .] A Swedish coin worth about twenty-seven cents. It was formerly the unit of value in Sweden.

Rig-Veda <Xpage=1242>

Rig`-Ve"da (?) . See Veda .

Rile <Xpage=1242>

Rile (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Riled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riling .] [See Roil .] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.

&hand; In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.

Rilievo <Xpage=1242>

Ri*lie"vo (?) , n. [It. See Relief .] (Sculp. & Arch.) Same as Relief , n. , 5 .

Rill <Xpage=1242>

Rill (?) , n. [Cf. LG. rille a small channel or brook, a furrow, a chamfer, OE. rigol a small brook, F. rigole a trench or furrow for water, W. rhill a row, rhigol a little ditch. &root;11.] 1. A very small brook; a streamlet.

2. (Astron.) See Rille .

Rill <Xpage=1242>

Rill , v. i. To run a small stream. [R.]

Prior.

Rille <Xpage=1242>

Rille (?) , n. [G. rille a furrow.] (Astron.) One of certain narrow, crooked valleys seen, by aid of the telescope, on the surface of the moon.

Rillet <Xpage=1242>

Rill"et (?) , n. A little rill.

Burton.

Rily <Xpage=1242>

Ri"ly (?) , a. Roily. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

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Rim <Xpage=1243>

Rim (?) , n. [As. rima , reoma , edge; cf. W. rhim , rhimp , a rim, edge, boundary, termination, Armor, rim . Cf. Rind .] 1. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin .

2. The lower part of the abdomen. [Obs.]

Shak.

Arch rim (Phonetics) , the line between the gums and the palate. -- Rim-fire cartridge . (Mil.) See under Cartridge . -- Rim lock . See under Lock .

Rim <Xpage=1243>

Rim , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rimmed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rimming .] To furnish with a rim; to border.

Rima <Xpage=1243>

Ri"ma (?) , n. ; pl. Rim\'91 (#) . [L.] (Anat.) A narrow and elongated aperture; a cleft; a fissure.

Rimau dahan <Xpage=1243>

Ri"mau da"han (?) . [From the native Oriental name.] (Zo\'94l.) The clouded tiger cat ( Felis marmorata ) of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Rimbase <Xpage=1243>

Rim"base` (?) , n. (Mil.) A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust . of Cannon .

Rime <Xpage=1243>

Rime (?) , n. [L. rima .] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

Sir T. Browne.

Rime <Xpage=1243>

Rime , n. [AS. hr\'c6m ; akin to D. rijm , Icel. hr\'c6m , Dan. rim , Sw. rim ; cf. D. rijp , G. reif , OHG. r\'c6fo , hr\'c6fo .] White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor.

The trees were now covered with rime . De Quincey.

Rime <Xpage=1243>

Rime , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rimed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming .] To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

Rime <Xpage=1243>

Rime , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A step or round of a ladder; a rung.

Rime <Xpage=1243>

Rime , n. Rhyme. See Rhyme .

Coleridge. Landor.

&hand; This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.

Rime <Xpage=1243>

Rime , v. i. & t. To rhyme. See Rhyme .

Rimer <Xpage=1243>

Rim"er (?) , n. A rhymer; a versifier.

Rimer <Xpage=1243>

Rim"er , n. A tool for shaping the rimes of a ladder.

Rimey <Xpage=1243>

Rim"ey (?) , v. t. [Cf. OF. rimoier . See Ryime .] To compose in rhyme; to versify. [Obs.]

[Lays] rimeyed in their first Breton tongue. Chaucer.

Rimmer <Xpage=1243>

Rim"mer (?) , n. An implement for cutting, trimming, or ornamenting the rim of anything, as the edges of pies, etc.; also, a reamer.

Knight.

Rimose <Xpage=1243>