RIGGLE
Rig"gle, v. i.
Defn: See Wriggle.
RIGGLE
Rig"gle, n.
Defn: The European lance fish. [Prov. Eng.]
RIGHT
Right, a. Etym: [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. &
OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. rätt, Icel. rëttr, Goth. raíhts,
L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. straight, right.
sq. root115. Cf. Adroit,Alert, Correct, Dress, Regular, Rector,
Recto, Rectum, Regent, Region, Realm, Rich, Riyal, Rule.]
1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as any line." Chaucer
2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true. That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is absolutely right, and is called right simply without relation to a special end. Whately.
2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.
5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. "His right wife." Chaucer. In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly manifested themselves to be right barbarians. Milton.