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.