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.
RIGHT-HANDED
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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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
Right"-hand`ed*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
RIGHT-HEARTED
Right"-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Having a right heart or disposition.
— Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.