† line-rightadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
(Situated) in a straight line; straight.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > straightness > [adjective]
rightOE
straightc1350
rightfulc1384
line-rightc1400
rule-righta1450
streckc1480
unbent1483
straight forth1536
unwried1558
steel-straighta1560
untwisted1575
uncurled1597
rectified1598
cornerless1605
uncrooked1611
unbended1648
retent1656
uninflected1713
curveless1800
arrow-straight1834
unconvoluted1839
unwarped1855
curlless1861
undistorted1881
poker-straight1949
the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > [adjective]
evenc1300
line-rightc1400
diametral1594
linable1698
allineated1759
collinear1863
in-line1961
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) i. §21. 12 Vnder which lyne, whan that the sonne & the Mone ben lyne-riht..than is the Eclips of the sonne or of the Mone.
1465 Hist. Doc. Roch. (E.E.T.S.) 6 Which wall or syde hous is crokyd, and not lyne-ryȝt.
B. adv.
In a straight line; rectilineally; straight.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > straightness > [adverb]
line-rightc1400
straight1530
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > straight or in a straight line
straightly1395
line-rightc1400
evenlonga1475
fair1490
straight1535
lineally1536
point-blank1607
straightwards1644
straightish1683
rectilinearly1729
straightways1772
linearly1881
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §23. 32 Til þat any sterre fix sit lyne-riht perpendiculer ouer the pol Artik.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi Line right agayne the wormes heade They holden it tyll that he be deade.
1419 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 14 We awarde that a lyne be drawen lyneryght.
c1430 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 2536 Lyne ryght thy cours to dresse To thilke path.
14.. Ephyphanye in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 108 The sterre hem browght to Beedlem And lyne ryght the chylde above.
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