Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: helpful, right

See Also: hand, manus, mitt, paw

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