Right

RIGHT, adj., adv., sb., v. and int. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. Amer. and Aus. Also in forms raight Not. n.Lin.; reart w.Cy. n.Dev.; reeght Cum.3; reet N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Dur. Lakel.1 Cum.1 Cum.4 Wm. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.3 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 w.Yks. e.Lan.1 s.Lan.1 Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 Der.1; reight w.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 Chs.1 s.Chs.1 n.Lin.1 Sur.; reit w.Yks.; reyt e.Yks.1 w.Yks. e.Lan.1; richt Sc. (Jam.); roight Chs. Wor. Suf. [rait, rīt, reit, Midl. roit, Sc. riχt.]

1. adj. Large, good; of the right kind. Ayr. He got richt draughts o' mither wit, White Jottings (1879) 224. Wmh. It's a right yoke (W.H.P.). n.Cy. (J.W.) w.Yks. Bill's a reet un, he's gradely jannock, N. & Q. (1867) 3rd S. xi. 146.
2. Neat, properly equipped. Lakel.1 Cum.3 She's smart oot o' dooars, she's tidy i' t'hoose. .. I tell her she's reeght, 38; Cum.4
3. Thorough, complete; also genuine, true. Dmf. I'll likely get a right tairging from father, Hamilton Mawkin (1898) 59. N.I.1 He's a right rascal. Ant. Patterson Dial. 24. n.Yks. He's a reet maddlin, Why John (Coll. L.L.B.). ne.Yks.1 What ah's tellin o' ya's reet. w.Yks.3 He's a right fool. s.Chs.1 Òo)z ŭ reyt Staa·rki [Hoo's a reight Starkey]. Dev. Five black spots observed upon the roof of a right witch's mouth, Phillpotts Sons of Morning (1900) 30.
4. Sane; gen. used negatively; ‘canny.’ Sc. He's quite richt now (Jam.). Cai.1 Abd. It's plain to be seen the man's nae richt. Aither the haill thing's a delusion or else the man's nae responsible for his actions, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (Oct. 20, 1900). Fif. She cam hame her lane, unco wae, an' has never been richt sinsyne, Robertson Provost (1894) 27. Ir. Many would tell you that ‘he was'nt right,’ and firmly believed that he never slept at all, Lover Leg. (1848) II. 369. Don. ‘He is not right.’.. Said of any one who can do things out of the common; or a knowing person who can guess at things that an ordinary mortal would never think, Flk-Lore (1886) IV. 363. N.Cy.1, Cum.1 Cum.4 w.Yks.1 Is he quite reight thinksto? Lan. Some foke reckon at hoo's noan reet, Brierley Day Out (1859) 18. Chs.1 He's no' reet, poor lad. e.Lan.1, Nhp.1, War.3, Oxf. (G.O.), Hnt. (T.P.F.)
5. In good health; happy, comfortable. Sc. No richt [not in good health] (Jam.). Cai.1 w.Yks. I wor reight 'boon a bit, Hallam Wadsley Jack (1866) xviii. Suf. He aint right, somehow, e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
6. Of wind: in the right direction. Lan. Yo' con hear her a good half-mile when th' wind's reet, Longman's Mag. (Feb. 1901) 336.
7. adj. and adv. In comb. (1) Right-about-turn, a dismissal; (2) Right-coloured stuff, a slang word for money; (3) Right deer, a deer of six years old and upwards; (4) Right-end-first, in the direct and proper manner; (5) Right-endwis, straightforward, without stopping; (6) Right fain, delighted; (7) Right-hand man, a trusty assistant; a favourite workman; (8) Right-hand side, the right side; (9) Right-hand sull, a plough which turns the sod to the right of the ploughman; (10) Right light, in phr. to take in the right light to a hair, to take a proper view of; (11) Right man, a man who feels himself as good as others and in his right place; (12) Right-minded, sane; (13) Right-nought, a good-for-nothing; (14) Right place, home; native place; (15) Right rail, in phr. (15) to be on the right rail, to hit the mark; to be on the right track; (16) Right-recht, to judge aright; (17) Right sharp, quick-witted; in possession of all one's faculties; gen. in negative; (18) Right side, (a) the side of a cake that is uppermost when first placed on the girdle; (b) to set in order, remedy; (c) to correct, esp. in a rough or offensive way; (d) to state and balance an account; (19) Right slap, quite, entirely; (20) Right stunner, anything out of the way in point of size, value, &c.; (21) Right-up-eared, prick-eared; pert, saucy; (22) Right-vore bread, bread prepared from meal from which the bran only has been extracted; (23) Right way, in phr. (23) the right way of any occurrence, the true story of it. (1) Dur. Monny a blackleg got the ‘reet-about-turn,’ Guthrie Kitty Fagan (1900) 133. (2) Nrf. Popped some o' the right-colored stuff inte my pocket, Spilling Giles (1872) 6. (3) n.Dev. He's a right deer, I tell ye; and if I don't set him up to-morrow, I swear I'll never go hunting again, Whyte-Melville Katerfelto (1875) xxix. (4) w.Yks. (J.W.) n.Lin.1 He niver starts o' oht reight-end-fo'st. (5) Nhb.1 (6) Cum. I's reet fain to see Your gud-like feace the same, Gilpin Ballads (1874) 165. Wm. If thoo can git me, an oor Sammy... ta be primrooasers, wees be reetfaen, Gooardy Jenkins. w.Yks.1 Ise reight fane on't. (7) Sc. (A.W.), Nhb.1 (8) w.Yks. (J.W.) w.Som.1 The right-hand-side of his head was ter'ble cut about. The right-hand-side of your foot. (9) w.Som.1 (10) Lan. For they took'n me ith' reetleet too a hure, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (ed. 1806) Reader 10. (11) w.Yks. An' went to bisness loike a reight man, Hallam Wadsley Jack (1866) xiv. (12) Oxf. That his sister was not ‘right-minded’ ─ that she dreamed things, and imagined things, Blackmore Cripps (1876) vi. (13) w.Yks. (J.W.), Chs.2 Chs.3 (14) Stf., War., Wor. His right place where he was bred and born is Birlingham (H.K.). (15) Lnk. Thinks I, 'deed, Mrs. Blaw-a-bit, Ye're on the richt rail noo, Murdoch Doric Lyre (1873) 41. (16) Sc. Ye sat on the thron right-rechtin weel, Waddell Ps. (1871) ix. 4. (17) e.Yks.1, w.Yks. (J.W.) Not.1 A's not right sharp. s.Not. A don't think noat to what he says; 'e's not raight sharp (J.P.K.). Lin. (W.W.S.) n.Lin.1 If thoo goäs on e' that how, foäks 'll think thoo arn't reight-sharp. sw.Lin.1 He's not just right-sharp. Nhp.1, War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.) Cmb.1 Ah! they don't call him Tommy Right-sharp for nothink. (18, a) ne.Sc. The cakes, when served up, had to be laid on the trencher with what was called ‘the right side’ uppermost. ‘The right side’ was the side that was uppermost when placed first on the girdle to be baked. To have placed cakes with the wrong side uppermost before anyone was accounted an insult, Gregor Flk-Lore (1881) 31. (b) e.An.1 Nrf. Look 'ere, gents, theer's a lot as want right-sidin, Patterson Man and Nat. (1895) 99. (c) e.An.1 Nrf. He right-sides his boy or his dog, Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 25. (d) e.An.1 The phrase is very familiar in the mouths of those who can neither keep nor even read a written account. (19) Nrf. Rightslap finished (E.M.). [Amer. If I was to run this here Yankee right slap on a rock, Sam Slick Clockmaker (1836) 1st S. xviii.] (20) w.Yks. Wornt them lasses reight stunners? Bickerdike Beacon Alm. (1874). (21) e.An.1 (22) Dev. In local grinding there are usually two qualities of flour, called flour and meal respectively, but in grinding ‘right vore’ these are not separated. ‘Whole meal’ contains the bran as well, Reports Provinc. (1893). (23) Sc. I cannot speak with any certainty, for nobody seems to know the right way of it, Swan Gates of Eden (ed. 1895) xvii.
8. Phr. (1) all right, quite sober; (2) as right as a ribbon, (3) right as ninepence, quite right; (4) right as the mail, quite safe; (5) right and, very; (6) right end of a tree, the best of an argument or dispute; (7) right in one's brain, quite sane; (8) to be born the right side of the blanket, to be born in lawful wedlock; (9) to be right about the inside, to be well internally; (10) to be right consistent to do anything, to be quite determined to do it; (11) to be right to be, to be on the way to be; (12) to know the right side of a shilling, to know the value of money. (1) Abd. I promised to gang hame for ance a' richt, Guidman Inglismill (1873) 37. (2) War.2 (3) Dur. I'll be as reet as nine-pence in the morn! Guthrie Kitty Fagan (1900) 261. (4) Dur. He'll be as reet as the mail, an' he'll be turnin' up in the mornin' an' jinglin' his brass in thee lap, GUTHRIE Kitty Fagan 248. (5) Uls. They were right and quarrelsome in them days, Hamilton Bog (1896) 63. (6) Slg. Revenge seiz'd my breast, I employed a lawyer; He swore that I had the right end of the tree, Galloway Poems (1792) 66. (7) Sur. Some folk say I bean't be [sic] quite reight i' my braän, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) I. x. (8) Nhb. Life's gey hard, even for them that's born on the right side of the blanket, Lilburn Borderer (1896) 301. (9) Ayr. There's something wrang wi' my head, and I'm no' a'thegither richt aboot the inside, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 33. (10) Nrf. Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 88. (11) Sus. You are right to be stabbed, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1884) II. 3. (12) Abd. He'll ken the right side o' a shillin' brawly, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 131.
9. adv. with In comb. adv. and prep.: (1) Right ahead, straight ahead; (2) Right away, (a) the entire distance; (b) immediately; from that time forth; (c) even; (3) Right aways, (a) see (2, a); (b) quickly; (c) straight; (4) Right down, downright; in gen. colloq. use; (5) Right fore droo, straightforward through; (6) Right forenungst, over against; (7) Right now, just now; (8) Right off, immediately; (9) Right on, (a) straightforward; (b) see (8); (c) see (4); (d) positively; thoroughly; (e) violently; (10) Right on end, (a) in a straightforward direction, straight on before one; (b) upright; (c) without intermission; without deviation; (d) see (8); (11) Right out, (a) outright; completely; thoroughly; (b) in a straightforward manner, without mincing matters; (c) thorough; (d) keen, excited; also put out, vexed; (12) Right over, immediately opposite, fronting; (13) Right so, obs., in like manner, just so; (14) Right up, (a) see (10, b); (b) techy, easily offended; (c) anything perpendicular, esp. timber in a building or the trunk of a tree; (14) (d) in phr. to live right up, to live on one's means without trade or profession; (15) Right-up-and-down, (a) open, candid; upright in conduct; (b) seafaring term a calm. (1) w.Yks. Sho's makin' reet ahead for t'deepest hoyle, Baring-Gould Pennyqks. (1890) 91. (2, a) e.Yks.1 Ah went reet away there, MS. add. (T.H.) w.Yks. (J.W.) Chs. I'll go roight away to Red Bank, Banks Forbidden (ed. 1885) xviii. sw.Lin.1 From the Stone-bow reiet-away to the Butter house. (b) e.Yks.1 Docther sent sum stuff an he mended reet away, MS. add. (T.H.) Dev. Will you have your boots right away? Reports Provinc. (1877). [Amer. Reply by telegraph right away, Helen's Babies (1877) 8.] (c) Nhb. Led hur glean, reet away amang the steuks, Robson Bk. Ruth (1860) ii. 15. (3, a) n.Lin.1 I went with him reight awaays theäre. (b) Thoo mun go reight awaays, not stop a minnit, n.Lin.1 (c) It fell right-aways upov his yead and killed him, N. & Q. (1865) 3rd S. vii. 31. (4) e.Yks.1 Reet-doon fond. w.Yks. David wor a reight daan clever chap. Tom Treddlehoyle Fr. Exhebishan (c. 1856). ne.Lan.1 s.Chs.1 Yoa·)m ŭ reyt-daayn baad· ŭn [Yo'm a reight-daĭn bad 'un]. Not.1 Lei.1 A roight daown bad un. Nhp.1 War.3; War.4 You be a right down good one. e.An.1 w.Sus. I be right down tired of this, Gordon Vill. and Doctor (1897) 244. Dev. Her was always right down glad to see ee, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 49. [Amer. He'll give you a rael right down genuine New England breakfast, Sam Slick Clockmaker (1836) 1st S. xviii.] (5) Dev.2 (6) Shr.1 (7) Rxb. I can put my hand on the quean right now, Hamilton Outlaws (1897) 130. [Amer. Ef it busts inside, he'll die right now, Dial. Notes (1896) I. 373.] (8) n.Lin.1 He sell'd up reight off an' went to New Zeäland. [Amer. The next coroner 'd begin right off to earn a living out of me, Max Adeler Elbow Room (1876) xxi.] (9, a) w.Yks. (J.W.) e.An.1 Go right on, and you cannot miss the way. (b) Not.1, Lei.1, War.3 Nhp.1 He's a right on, well-meaning honest man. Hnt. (T.P.F.), e.An.1 Suf. Here be a right-on gentleman, Strickland Old Friends (1864) 8; Suf.1 A right-on devil. Ess.1 (d) Not.1, Lei.1 Nhp.1 I'm right on determined to do it. War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.1 I am right on determined. Nrf. Yow're right on fair, my love; there ban't no spot in ye, Gillett Sng. Sol. (1860) iv. 7. Ess. 'Tis right on plain etch chap desarves A clumsy thump himself, Clark J. Noakes (1839) st. 8. (e) Ess. Some wow'd right on They'd nuver sin a nicer, Clark J. Noakes st. 53; Ess.1 (10, a) Nhb.1 n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 It lies afoore you reet-an-end; n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 Ye mun gan reight an end aboon a mile, and then turn down't looan. (b) ne.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 To lift up a loose wheel and place it right-on-end against the wall. w.Yks.1; w.Yks.5 Set that brush reight-on-end. Not.1 n.Lin.1 Them wadsticks is stan'in' reight-on-end far side th' Irish hoäle. Lei.1, Nhp.1, War.3, Hnt. (T.P.F.) (c) Nhb.1 n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 He's now mending of his ailment reet-an-end; n.Yks.4 e.Yks.1 Ah went fifteen mile reet-on-end, withoot ivver comin tu a yal-hoos. w.Yks.1 It rained three days reight an end. (d) ne.Yks.1, Not.1, Lei.1, War.3 Cor. Jimmery! to see what them varmints have done to 'en! But I'll bury what's left right on end, Phillpotts Lying Prophets (1897) 46. (11, a) w.Yks. It al nobbut bloind yo reit aht, Shevvild Ann. (1852) 8. Not.1 Lei.1 A broke his thoomb roight out. Nhp.1, War.3, e.An.1 w.Som.1 I zaid I'd warn un sound and quiet nif he'd buy un right out, but I widn part way un no other ways. (b) w.Som.1 'Twas a proper nasty trick, and zo I told'n to his face, right out. (c) Cmb. A right out gentleman (J.D.R.). (d) e.An.1 He was right out about it. Cmb. Right out after cricket (J.D.R.). (12) Sus., Hmp. Holloway. (13) Abd. John Forbes of Pitsligo... was continued in his office till Michaelmas 1633, and right sua Thomas Fraser of Strichen, Sheriff of Inverness, Spalding Hist. Sc. (1792) I. 18. Fif. Richt sae the freir i' th' ether whummlet In supersault, than erthlins tummlet, Tennant Papistry (1827) 150. (14, a) w.Yks. (J.W.), Nhp.1, Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.1 Stand right up, boy! Nrf. The right-up love yĕ, Gillett Sng. Sol. (1866) i. 4. Suf. (C.T.); Suf.1 More right upper, 235. Ken. (W.F.S.) (b) e.An. (Hall.) (c) Suf.1 (d) e.An.1 (15, a) Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 720. n.Lin.1 He's a reight up an' doon soort on a man wi' no screws aboot him. (b) I.W. In a dead calm the wind is said to be ‘right-up-an-down,’ that is no way at all (Hall.); I.W.1
10. Straight, direct; used of place and time. Nhb.1 He hit him reet there. Cum. I's gaan reet back, Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 52. Wm. She sat reet anenst me, Blezard Sngs. (1848) 17. w.Yks. (J.W.) [Amer. I'll be right back, Westcott David Harum (1900) xxii.]
11. Thoroughly, completely; thoroughly well; very. Abd. I like Jamie Robertson richt, Greig Logie o' Buchan (1899) 81. se.Sc. Witness what was done Reet far away, Donaldson Poems (1809) 129. Edb. Nor dare they do't, or I'm right far mistane, Crawford Poems (1798) 101. N.I.1 He's a right wee fellow. Nhb. He'd myek a reet good pulpit knocker, Oliver Local Sngs. (1824) 9. Cum. A reet het day it was, Lamplugh Club (1856) 3. Wm. He went reet rang in his heed (B.K.). Yks. She's right pretty, Dyke Craiktrees (1897) 76. w.Yks. I wor pickin an end up in a reyt bad warp, Pudsey Olm. (1894). Lan. Hoo'st don my breeches reyt, Standing Echoes (1885) 19. s.Lan.1 Theaw't reet wrank. Chs.3 I'm reet glad to see you, that I am. w.Wor.1 se.Wor.1 'Er's a right good 'ŏŏman; there's no sart o' nonsense about 'er. Hrf.2 'Er's right ill this time. Suf. She fared to be roight bad, Gurdon Memories and Fancies (1897) 28; Suf.1 ‘Right well,’ ‘right hot.’
12. sb. In comb. Right-of-way, a cart path. Ess. There is not only a footpath but a right-of-way round the field (H.H.M.).
13. Phr. (1) by good right(s, by right; (2) if right had got his way, if right had been done; (3) in the right on it, right; (4) to have a right to, to be under an obligation to; to have a duty to; (5) to have right on it, to be in the right; (6) at the rights, in the right way; (7) rights and lefts, shoes made with a distinction between the right foot and the left as contrasted with straight shoes; (8) to be in one's rights, see (5); (9) to go to rights, to go the nearest way; (10) to rights, (a) thoroughly; (b) in order. (1) w.Yks.4, nw.Der.1, Lin. (R.E.C.) (2) w.Som.1 Neef uun·ee rai·t ud u-gau·t úz wai·, uur wúd·n bee u-saar·d zoa [If only right had got his way, she would not be so ill treated]. (3) w.Yks. He wod'nt gooa a stride till he gat his brass an' he was e' t' reet on't (B.K.). (4) Ir. Had she and Hannah known of it beforehand? In that case, Francis thought, Hannah ‘had a right to ha' tould him,’ Barlow Martin's Company (1896) 90. Uls. He has a right to support her (M.B.-S.). w.Yks.2; w.Yks.4 I have no right to pay at that toll-bar. n.Stf. You've a right to feel that, and not to go about as... thoughtless, Geo. Eliot A. Bede (1859) I. 108, Cabinet ed. Not. He's a right to do something for his own sister (L.C.M.); Not.1 sw.Lin.1 She has a great right to be a good lass. Rut.1 You've a roight to coom in proper toime. Lei.1 Oi eent noo roights to be sarved soo. Nhp.1, War.3 Hrf.1; Hrf.2 Farmer A. has a right to pay his tax. Bdf. Batchelor Anal. Eng. Lang. (1809) 142. Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.1 I have no right to pay so much. Suf. He have a right to maintain his family (C.G.B.). Ken.1 Sur. He has a right to make it good, N. & Q. (1880) 6th S. i. 239. Dev. N. & Q. 345. (5) n.Lin. Mr. Beulah hed raight on it when he tell'd me, Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 77. (6) Sc. I'll marry you at the rights, if you can find it in your heart to give yourself to an honest fellow, Pitcairn Assembly (1766) 28. (7) s.Lan.1 (8) Not. Well, he can't say owt to him, he was in his rights to do as he did (L.C.M.). (9) Ken.1 Ken.2 (10, a) Not.1 Lei.1 ‘Did the missus blow you up, John?’ ‘And shay did! To roights an' all!’ Ken.1 Som. I do call we done that to rights, Raymond Love and Quiet Life (1894) 161. [Aus. We done that job to rights, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) II. xvii.] (b) w.Wor. Heen gotten'm ta roights now, he han, S. Beauchamp N. Hamilton (1875) II. 293. Brks.1 Our house hev never a-bin to rights zence Meary went awaay.
14. pl. Used for sing.: right, justice. w.Yks. (J.W.), Not.1 Lei.1 Yo' een't no roights to be 'ere. Brks.1 We shan't never get rights athout us tells 'un zackly how 'tis.
15. pl. Stag-hunting term: the points or projections growing from the side of both horns of a stag; see below. w.Som.1 Doubtless this term is derived from the fact that after four years a perfect deer should by right have the bow, bay and tray to which the name ‘rights’ applies; it does not apply to the ‘points on top’.. ‘He was killed just above Marsh Bridge early in the afternoon, a good stag with all his rights and two upon top. The other had not. A fine old stag, having four on top on each side, but lacking his bay points,’ Wellington News (Sept. 29, 1887). n.Dev. To be pursuable, or warrantable, a stag... must be five years old, and he must bear his ‘rights’ (that is brow, bay and tray) and two on top, Jefferies Red Deer (1884) vii.
16. v. In phr. (1) one right to have, one ought to have; (2) right thee, a command to a cow to stand in a convenient position for milking; (3) to right with a person, to settle an account with him. (1) Ken. You right to have done it (G.B.); I sed old Simon right to pay, Masters Dick and Sal (c. 1821) st. 79. (2) ne.Yks.1 n.Lin.1 Right ye, Right thee. (3) w.Yks. (J.W.)
17. To put in order; to adjust; to repair; gen. with up. Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. E'en the parson's horse was frichtit for that fig're;.. But I said I'd see it richtit, ─ Roun' the ghaist I led the mare, Neilson Poems (1877) 42. n.Cy. (Hall.) Nhb.1 Just reet up this place o' yors. Dur.1 Cum. Efter a terrable scowderin an scufterin they gat oa reetit up, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 86; Cum.1 n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2; n.Yks.4 Ah'll reet things up a bit. ne.Yks.1 He wants reetin up sadly. e.Yks.1 Noo, Bessy, reet horse up a bit, MS. add. (T.H.) m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Ah'll see it reighted for yo', Yks. Wkly. Post (Oct. 31, 1896). n.Lin.1 We mun hev them suffs reighted e' th' Craw-Treä cloäs, or it's to noä ewse sawin' noä wheät. e.An.1 Right up the room, company is coming; e.An.2 w.Cy. (Hall.), Dor. (C.W.) n.Dev. Hare's darning up of old blonkets and rearting tha peels, Exm. Crtshp. (1746) l. 428. Hence (1) Reeted, ppl. adj. in phr. (1) to get one's legs reeted, to take exercise; (2) Reeting-cruck, sb. a crook or pot-hook that can be adjusted to any height; (3) righting lawn, phr. adjusting the ridges after the wheat is sown. (1) n.Yks.2 (2) Nhb.1 (3) Som. Jennings Dial. w.Eng. (1869).
18. To smooth down clothes; to prepare linen for ironing; to sort out and fold linen. n.Cy. Grose (1790); N.Cy.1 To stretch or fold, in right order, clothes to be mangled or ironed before they are quite dry. Nhb.1 n.Yks. How comes thy clathes seay flurr'd?.. Reet um down as ta geayes, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) l. 346-9.
19. To comb out and arrange the hair. n.Cy. (Hall.) n.Yks.1; n.Yks.3 Tak thy dasher and reet thy hair out (s.v. Dasher). ne.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 Hence Righting-comb, sb. a comb for the hair. n.Yks.1 Applied to a pocket-comb simply, or to the comb used by females to their long hair; n.Yks.2, e.Yks.1, m.Yks.1
20. To correct a person; to reduce to obedience or good behaviour; to scold, chastise; also with up. Cum.1, n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2, m.Yks.1 Hence Reeting, sb. a lecture, scolding. n.Yks.2 I gav 'em a good reeting.
21. int. Obs. A call to horses to go to the off side. Der.1

RIGHT, see Reach, v.1