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r (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deut. xxxii. 5.

r, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals. Nailed to the cross By his own nation. Milton.

The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical. This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes crotchetiness. J. Grote.

nor, dignity, or finish. The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Prov. xvi. 31. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. Prov. xvi. 4.

A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

Brittle; crisp. Wright.

A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. Wright.

Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. [Archaic] Let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5. A carpenter's desert Stands more in cunning than in power. Chapman.

flourish; to cut a caper. I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock.

ropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.

To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.

The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.

A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.] Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. Spenser. What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.

et distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge. A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.