Vocabulary : Rigged to Righted

Rigged : of Rig
Rigger : A long slender, and pointed sable brush for making fine lines, etc.; -- said to be so called from its use by marine painters for drawing the lines of the rigging. ;; One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship. ;; A cylindrical pulley or drum in machinery.
Rigging : of Rig ;; DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.
Riggish : Like a rig or wanton.
Riggle : See Wriggle. ;; The European lance fish.
Right : Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. ;; Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone. ;; 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. ;; Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford. ;; Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious. ;; According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith. ;; Most favorable or convenient; fortunate. ;; Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals. ;; Well placed, dis
Right whale : The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. ;; Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.
Right-about : A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quarter directly opposite; as, to turn to the right-about.
Right-angled : Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
Righted : of Right
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