right siden.

Brit.

/rʌɪt ˈsʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈraɪt ˌsaɪd/

Forms: see right adj. and int. and side n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., side n.¹

Etymology: < right adj. + side n.¹ Compare right half n.Compare Old English sēo swīðre sīde (compare swither adj.).

In most senses often with the and preceding preposition (chiefly on), forming an adverbial phrase.

1. The side or region that lies immediately to the right of a person or other object of reference.In quot. a1398 with reference to the eastern part of a country. Formerly also † righter side (see quot. 1565).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > the right

right sidea1225

rightc1225

right handc1225

right halfa1450

the far side1607

dexter1814

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 83 (MED) And spræng me mid tare ysope of ðare holi rode, of ðan holie watere ðe ȝiede ut of ðe riht side of ðine hali temple.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxiii. 767 Þe next corner þerof [sc. of Spain] is estwarde and in þe ryȝt syde þerof is þe prouynce of Guyan [L. aquitania], and in þe lefte syde he is ystreynede with þe see Balgantum and tilleþ to þe cuntreis of Narbone [L. narbonensium].

c1440 Astron. Cal. (Ashm. 391) Þan goo toward þe right side til ye finde your dominical lettre.

a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 71 (MED) The knyghtes..hynge hym on the crosse, and þe two homecydes, Desmas on the ryght syde and Gesmas on the lyfte syde.

1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 1^v Twoo Zones doo cut the Heauen vpon the righter syde, And other twaine vpon the left likewise the same deuide.

1611 Bible (King James) John xxi. 6 Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and yee shall find.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 158 The right side..[is] too thick, and must by several offers be Filed away,..not all at once.

1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 413 The Eye is myopical, and she sees the right Side of Objects a little darkened.

1779 G. Richardson Iconology 150 At her right side is placed a genius of fair complexion, making an effort to constrain her to accept of a plane-tree branch.

a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 29 Broken piny woods and reedy branches on its right side.

1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain v. 73 Let them make their way one to the right side of the kraal and one to the left.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. iii. 110 There were invariably items which failed to balance on the right side of the ledger.

1950 S. Thompson Old Time Dancing (1951) i. 8 Second Position. Either foot can be placed to its own side: the right foot can be extended to the right side, or the left foot can be extended to the left side.

2004 High Mountain Mar. 5/2 Clyma and Payne chose a line on the far right side of the North Face.

2. spec. The right-hand side regarded as a position of favour. Chiefly in religious contexts. Cf. right hand n. and adj. Phrases 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > precedence

right sidea1325

fordeal1513

precedence1598

precedency1601

to take the right hand of1607

pas1707

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 681 (MED) He wole his clene shep in his riȝt side do.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 362 How Crist sittiþ on þe riȝt side of his Fadir.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xliv. 11 Þe quene upstode at þi rightside in gilt clathynge.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. iii. 32 b The children of the right side..proue doltes..contrariwise, those which come in at the backe doore..auaunce themselves.

1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xv. 116 Ps. 23. 4 Yea though I walk [etc.]; its a Litote, I will believe good: its a cold and a dark shadow to walke at deaths right side.

1677 S. Speed Prison-pietie 92 When from the Goats thou shalt divide Thy Sheep, let me with thee abide, Plac'd in Eternal Bliss, on thy right side.

1843 D. Shea & A. Troyer tr. M. Fānī Dabistan II. v. 311 They declare : ‘When we say that Jesus is seated at the right side of God, his Father, we mean not to say that God has a body and is any thing corporeal.’

1920 E. S. Yelverton Mass in Sweden vi. 164 Jesus Christ..on the third day hath risen up according to the scriptures and gone up into heaven and sitteth on the right side of the Father.

2002 J. H. Harris Word made Plain iii. 74 This power to overcome death and to lift up Jesus and seat him at the right side of God—this is the power of God!

3. The right-hand side of the whole or a part of the body of a person or animal, or other object of reference. Cf. right hand n.

ΚΠ

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms xc. 7 Ther shul falle fro thi side a thousend, and ten thousend fro thi riȝt sidis.

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii Þenne þe lorde shulde take vppe þe hertes heede by þe reght syde.

c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) l. 751 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 232 (MED) Y schal me hide..In þe greet wounde of þi right side.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/2 The king..laide him down on his right side.

a1560 W. Dunbar Poems (Arun.) (1998) I. 36 [The clayth that claif to his] rycht syde [Thay raif away with ruggis rude].

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 5 The white fore-foote, on the right side commonly cald the farre side.

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Azygos vein, is a branch of the upper trunk of the vena cava, arising on the right side.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 40 In the smaller Pocket on the right side, were several round flat Pieces of white and red Metal.

1766 J. Penrose Let. 31 May in Lett. from Bath (1983) 153 I am a little on the Grunt, with a stiffness attended with a trifling Pain in the right side of my Neck.

1849 H. Melville Redburn xix. 123 I could not help thinking of a young man..who had left his cottage one morning..and was brought back at noon with his right side paralyzed from head to foot.

1896 Argosy Feb. 427/1 A sword had cut deeply into his right side, driving parts of his flannel blouse into the wound.

1989 S. Bradfield Hist. Luminous Motion (1990) ii. 19 Mom always slept on her right side, near the verge of their kingsized Stayrest mattress.

2005 Washington Post 24 Aug. c11/4 I have always eaten the roll..on the right side of my dinner plate, usually behind or a snudge to the right or left of my wine glass(es).

†4. By synecdoche: the right hand. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > right hand

right handOE

destera1300

right halfc1350

right sidea1382

sword-hand1531

wand-hand1637

pistol hand1702

spear-hand1728

thumb-hand1750

whip hand1806

dexter1814

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvii. 16 The oile of his riȝt side he auoide out.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 193 (MED) Som men haueþ more strengþe in þe riȝt side.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 74 (MED) Lat nouȝte þi left half..Wyte what þow worchest with þi riȝt syde.

5. That side or face of something (frequently fabric) which is regarded as the principal, or is usually turned towards the observer or positioned so as to be the first or most clearly seen; the top, surface, or upper side. Cf. left side n. and wrong side at wrong adj. 10.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > right side of

right side1511

side1511

face1831

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 The Walker..shall not rowe..Clothe..with any Cardes on the right side nor of the wrong side.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. Fiii^v From the ryght syde..and fore face of the greate artyre.

1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. L3 I'le turne the right side towards you: you shall see how the will sparkle.

1677 Compl. Servant-maid 66 Smooth them..upon the right side of the sarsenet.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Cloth All the Sheerings must be on the right Side, except the two last.

1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil in Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 380 From Capricorn, decreasing Nights appear, And Heav'n turns up the right Side of the Year.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 350/1 What the street medal-sellers call the ‘right-side’—I speak of the ‘penny’ medal,..—presents the Crystal Palace.

1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 21/2 On this crease place the lace with the right side facing the goods, just as you would to whip it by hand, and stitch it on by machine.

2006 B. D. Coleman Window Dressings 165/2 Pinch pleats, (aka French pleat) a drapery heading where the basic pleat is on the right side of the fabric and is divided into three smaller, equal folds sewn together at the bottom edge.

6. The party, principle, cause, or opinion of which one approves or regards as in the right; (also) the better, preferable, or more commendable aspect of something. Cf. on the side of the angels at side n.¹ Phrases 1f(j).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun]

right side1642

laterality1885

society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > that which is

rightOE

skillc1175

right side1642

1642 J. Denham Sophy iv. 29 If you happen to be State fooles, then 'tis But fooling on the right side, and all's well.

1643 H. Palmer Script. & Reason v. 54 Exercising their understanding and consciences to judge who is in the right,..and so their power and strength too to defend the right side, and resist the wrong-doers?

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xix. 360 Good or Evil to depend on chusing, or refusing the right side.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 21 July 2/2 The Lady has been disappointed on the right Side.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. viii. 54 Fortune, fearing she had acted out of Character, and had inclined too long to the same Side, especially as it was the right Side, hastily turned about.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VI. xii. 302 Who can tell whether at last the right Side or the wrong have prevailed?

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 108 Cuthbert..himself..[is] more for the hand than the head, and might be drawn to the right side.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 541 Bob Sawyer had been nudging Mr. Ben Allen to say something on the right side.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xii. 105 I deserted to the right side at Preston Pans.

1921 Minnesota Medicine Sept. 543/2 The lawyer does not assume to say..that he testifies under oath impartially; that the side which he represents is the right side. He understands and everyone should understand his position.

1931 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 12 Apr. d6/4 Young Skippy lived on the right side of the tracks—wasn't his father the health officer?

1948 T. A. Bailey Man in Street xv. 179 The lads in khaki were not so sure they had fought on the right side.

1991 P. Copeland Sound Recordings (BNC) 52 The deception, if deception it was, errs on the right side.

2008 in E. M. Walker & D. T. Johnson Conversations with Directors 211 Very often history tells you what you thought was the right side is the wrong side fifty years from now.

a. The safe, advantageous, appropriate, or desirable side of something. to get (also stay, etc.) (on) the right side of someone: to be (remain, etc.) in favour with someone.to be born (on) the right side of the blanket: see blanket n. and adj. Phrases 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or security > the safe side

right side1673

1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen iii. 24 He has had several turns of Fortune, somtime being on the right side of Fortunes Wheel.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ix. 98 He Swears it, and Swears like T. O. on the right side of the Hedge.

1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 153 Confinement..was..relaxed if one of the brethren could manage to get the right side of the abbot.

1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxii. 172 Get on the right side o' me, an' I'll not say No. I'm good-'earted an' always 'ave bin.

1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 33 The nervous laughter of frightened children trying to stay on the right side of the school hardcase.

b. spec. The younger side of a specified age.

ΚΠ

1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain ii. 228 Get it [sc. information] from a French officer, or a priest, provided they are on the wrong side of forty... Avoid all acquaintance with either, on the right side of thirty.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 163 A widow on the right side of thirty.

1922 Strand Mag. 611 How should a man, still on the right side of 25, not be happy?

1977 P. Muldoon Mules 48 She was right side of thirty, husband out of town.

Phrases

P1. colloquial to get out of bed on the right side (also to get out of bed (also †rise) on one's right side): to be in a good mood; to be in luck; to be feeling particularly healthy. Usually said retrospectively as an explanation for one's mood, etc. Cf. to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side at wrong adj. 10g.

ΚΠ

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus 90 Howe happily rose I on my ryght syde to day [L. quam pulcrè procedo hodie].

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. i. sig. Bii^v Thou rose not on thy right syde, or els blest thee not wel.

1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iv. sig. H2 Sure I said my prayers, ris'd on my right side.

1656 Hectors iv. i. 42 I rose on my right side, I think, to day.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 268 He rose on his right side.

1870 Connecticut Courant 1 Jan. (Suppl.) 4/1 On Christmas day..All the world makes a point of getting out of bed on the right side.

1906 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 6 723 First, Get out of bed on the right side. Second, Smile before breakfast. Third, Pick quick, and choose the best things.

1925 W. J. H. Sprott tr. E. Kretschmer Physique & Char. ix. 142 Old growler has got out of bed the right side again this morning.

P2. British regional. to know the right side of a shilling: to know the value of money.

ΚΠ

1882 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk (ed. 2) 131 He'll ken the right side o' a shillin' brawly.

1993 Roustabout Aug. 7/1 They tell us that the folk of the North East of Scotland are ‘canny’—that we know the right side of a shilling.

P3. right side up (also right side upwards (uppermost, etc.)): with the principal side uppermost; in the correct position; in the proper manner; (as adjectival phrase) upright, positioned correctly. Also right sides up and figurative.

ΚΠ

1720 J. T. Desaguliers tr. W. J. 's Gravesande Math. Elements Nat. Philos. I. ii. 238 Set the Machine again the right Side upwards [L. erigatur machina].

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliii. 476 ‘He won't be a Chancery prisoner wery long, Sir,’ replied Roker, turning his hat round so as to get the maker's name right side upwards as he looked into it.

1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 355/1 The movable comb hive is fully ventilated, right side up, by simply opening the holes in the honey board, or removing it.

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 11/2 This..smuggling pedlar (with whom I hope to be right sides uppermost before I die).

1897 Daily News 17 Mar. 2/1 To the power of presenting a case systematically and clearly he united that of putting it, as it has been expressed, ‘right side up’.

1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xxi. 270 When the annoyer leaves, it will wriggle right side up and crawl off.

1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 20/1 So long as the engine was right side up, riding was safer than ‘joining the birds’.

1997 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. b20/3 He quickly turned his sheet music right side up before the trio began a section from Bach's ‘Art of the Fugue’.

2006 Threads July 43 Lay both pattern pieces right sides up, abutting the vertical seamlines at the upper, mismatched end.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	right side
释义	right siden. Brit. /rʌɪt ˈsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈraɪt ˌsaɪd/ Forms: see right adj. and int. and side n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: right adj., side n.¹ Etymology: < right adj. + side n.¹ Compare right half n.Compare Old English sēo swīðre sīde (compare swither adj.). In most senses often with the and preceding preposition (chiefly on), forming an adverbial phrase. 1. The side or region that lies immediately to the right of a person or other object of reference.In quot. a1398 with reference to the eastern part of a country. Formerly also † righter side (see quot. 1565). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > the right right sidea1225 rightc1225 right handc1225 right halfa1450 the far side1607 dexter1814 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 83 (MED) And spræng me mid tare ysope of ðare holi rode, of ðan holie watere ðe ȝiede ut of ðe riht side of ðine hali temple. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lxxiii. 767 Þe next corner þerof [sc. of Spain] is estwarde and in þe ryȝt syde þerof is þe prouynce of Guyan [L. aquitania], and in þe lefte syde he is ystreynede with þe see Balgantum and tilleþ to þe cuntreis of Narbone [L. narbonensium]. c1440 Astron. Cal. (Ashm. 391) Þan goo toward þe right side til ye finde your dominical lettre. a1500 Gospel of Nicodemus (Harl. 149) (1974) 71 (MED) The knyghtes..hynge hym on the crosse, and þe two homecydes, Desmas on the ryght syde and Gesmas on the lyfte syde. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis i. f. 1^v Twoo Zones doo cut the Heauen vpon the righter syde, And other twaine vpon the left likewise the same deuide. 1611 Bible (King James) John xxi. 6 Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and yee shall find. View more context for this quotation 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 158 The right side..[is] too thick, and must by several offers be Filed away,..not all at once. 1749 Philos. Trans. 1748 (Royal Soc.) 45 413 The Eye is myopical, and she sees the right Side of Objects a little darkened. 1779 G. Richardson Iconology 150 At her right side is placed a genius of fair complexion, making an effort to constrain her to accept of a plane-tree branch. a1816 B. Hawkins Sketch Creek Country 1798 & 1799 in Coll. Georgia Hist. Soc. (1848) III. 29 Broken piny woods and reedy branches on its right side. 1887 H. R. Haggard Allan Quatermain v. 73 Let them make their way one to the right side of the kraal and one to the left. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. iii. 110 There were invariably items which failed to balance on the right side of the ledger. 1950 S. Thompson Old Time Dancing (1951) i. 8 Second Position. Either foot can be placed to its own side: the right foot can be extended to the right side, or the left foot can be extended to the left side. 2004 High Mountain Mar. 5/2 Clyma and Payne chose a line on the far right side of the North Face. 2. spec. The right-hand side regarded as a position of favour. Chiefly in religious contexts. Cf. right hand n. and adj. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [noun] > precedence right sidea1325 fordeal1513 precedence1598 precedency1601 to take the right hand of1607 pas1707 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 681 (MED) He wole his clene shep in his riȝt side do. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 362 How Crist sittiþ on þe riȝt side of his Fadir. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xliv. 11 Þe quene upstode at þi rightside in gilt clathynge. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. iii. 32 b The children of the right side..proue doltes..contrariwise, those which come in at the backe doore..auaunce themselves. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xv. 116 Ps. 23. 4 Yea though I walk [etc.]; its a Litote, I will believe good: its a cold and a dark shadow to walke at deaths right side. 1677 S. Speed Prison-pietie 92 When from the Goats thou shalt divide Thy Sheep, let me with thee abide, Plac'd in Eternal Bliss, on thy right side. 1843 D. Shea & A. Troyer tr. M. Fānī Dabistan II. v. 311 They declare : ‘When we say that Jesus is seated at the right side of God, his Father, we mean not to say that God has a body and is any thing corporeal.’ 1920 E. S. Yelverton Mass in Sweden vi. 164 Jesus Christ..on the third day hath risen up according to the scriptures and gone up into heaven and sitteth on the right side of the Father. 2002 J. H. Harris Word made Plain iii. 74 This power to overcome death and to lift up Jesus and seat him at the right side of God—this is the power of God! 3. The right-hand side of the whole or a part of the body of a person or animal, or other object of reference. Cf. right hand n. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms xc. 7 Ther shul falle fro thi side a thousend, and ten thousend fro thi riȝt sidis. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxiii Þenne þe lorde shulde take vppe þe hertes heede by þe reght syde. c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) l. 751 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 232 (MED) Y schal me hide..In þe greet wounde of þi right side. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 39/2 The king..laide him down on his right side. a1560 W. Dunbar Poems (Arun.) (1998) I. 36 [The clayth that claif to his] rycht syde [Thay raif away with ruggis rude]. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 5 The white fore-foote, on the right side commonly cald the farre side. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Azygos vein, is a branch of the upper trunk of the vena cava, arising on the right side. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. ii. 40 In the smaller Pocket on the right side, were several round flat Pieces of white and red Metal. 1766 J. Penrose Let. 31 May in Lett. from Bath (1983) 153 I am a little on the Grunt, with a stiffness attended with a trifling Pain in the right side of my Neck. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xix. 123 I could not help thinking of a young man..who had left his cottage one morning..and was brought back at noon with his right side paralyzed from head to foot. 1896 Argosy Feb. 427/1 A sword had cut deeply into his right side, driving parts of his flannel blouse into the wound. 1989 S. Bradfield Hist. Luminous Motion (1990) ii. 19 Mom always slept on her right side, near the verge of their kingsized Stayrest mattress. 2005 Washington Post 24 Aug. c11/4 I have always eaten the roll..on the right side of my dinner plate, usually behind or a snudge to the right or left of my wine glass(es). †4. By synecdoche: the right hand. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] > right hand right handOE destera1300 right halfc1350 right sidea1382 sword-hand1531 wand-hand1637 pistol hand1702 spear-hand1728 thumb-hand1750 whip hand1806 dexter1814 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxvii. 16 The oile of his riȝt side he auoide out. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 193 (MED) Som men haueþ more strengþe in þe riȝt side. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 74 (MED) Lat nouȝte þi left half..Wyte what þow worchest with þi riȝt syde. 5. That side or face of something (frequently fabric) which is regarded as the principal, or is usually turned towards the observer or positioned so as to be the first or most clearly seen; the top, surface, or upper side. Cf. left side n. and wrong side at wrong adj. 10. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > right side of right side1511 side1511 face1831 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 6 §1 The Walker..shall not rowe..Clothe..with any Cardes on the right side nor of the wrong side. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. Fiii^v From the ryght syde..and fore face of the greate artyre. 1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. L3 I'le turne the right side towards you: you shall see how the will sparkle. 1677 Compl. Servant-maid 66 Smooth them..upon the right side of the sarsenet. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Cloth All the Sheerings must be on the right Side, except the two last. 1737 H. Baker tr. Virgil in Medulla Poetarum Romanorum II. 380 From Capricorn, decreasing Nights appear, And Heav'n turns up the right Side of the Year. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 350/1 What the street medal-sellers call the ‘right-side’—I speak of the ‘penny’ medal,..—presents the Crystal Palace. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 21/2 On this crease place the lace with the right side facing the goods, just as you would to whip it by hand, and stitch it on by machine. 2006 B. D. Coleman Window Dressings 165/2 Pinch pleats, (aka French pleat) a drapery heading where the basic pleat is on the right side of the fabric and is divided into three smaller, equal folds sewn together at the bottom edge. 6. The party, principle, cause, or opinion of which one approves or regards as in the right; (also) the better, preferable, or more commendable aspect of something. Cf. on the side of the angels at side n.¹ Phrases 1f(j). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] right side1642 laterality1885 society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > that which is rightOE skillc1175 right side1642 1642 J. Denham Sophy iv. 29 If you happen to be State fooles, then 'tis But fooling on the right side, and all's well. 1643 H. Palmer Script. & Reason v. 54 Exercising their understanding and consciences to judge who is in the right,..and so their power and strength too to defend the right side, and resist the wrong-doers? 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xix. 360 Good or Evil to depend on chusing, or refusing the right side. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 21 July 2/2 The Lady has been disappointed on the right Side. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. viii. 54 Fortune, fearing she had acted out of Character, and had inclined too long to the same Side, especially as it was the right Side, hastily turned about. View more context for this quotation a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VI. xii. 302 Who can tell whether at last the right Side or the wrong have prevailed? 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vi, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 108 Cuthbert..himself..[is] more for the hand than the head, and might be drawn to the right side. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 541 Bob Sawyer had been nudging Mr. Ben Allen to say something on the right side. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xii. 105 I deserted to the right side at Preston Pans. 1921 Minnesota Medicine Sept. 543/2 The lawyer does not assume to say..that he testifies under oath impartially; that the side which he represents is the right side. He understands and everyone should understand his position. 1931 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 12 Apr. d6/4 Young Skippy lived on the right side of the tracks—wasn't his father the health officer? 1948 T. A. Bailey Man in Street xv. 179 The lads in khaki were not so sure they had fought on the right side. 1991 P. Copeland Sound Recordings (BNC) 52 The deception, if deception it was, errs on the right side. 2008 in E. M. Walker & D. T. Johnson Conversations with Directors 211 Very often history tells you what you thought was the right side is the wrong side fifty years from now. 7. a. The safe, advantageous, appropriate, or desirable side of something. to get (also stay, etc.) (on) the right side of someone: to be (remain, etc.) in favour with someone.to be born (on) the right side of the blanket: see blanket n. and adj. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or security > the safe side right side1673 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen iii. 24 He has had several turns of Fortune, somtime being on the right side of Fortunes Wheel. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ix. 98 He Swears it, and Swears like T. O. on the right side of the Hedge. 1888 A. Jessopp Coming of Friars iii. 153 Confinement..was..relaxed if one of the brethren could manage to get the right side of the abbot. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. xxii. 172 Get on the right side o' me, an' I'll not say No. I'm good-'earted an' always 'ave bin. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 33 The nervous laughter of frightened children trying to stay on the right side of the school hardcase. b. spec. The younger side of a specified age. ΚΠ 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain ii. 228 Get it [sc. information] from a French officer, or a priest, provided they are on the wrong side of forty... Avoid all acquaintance with either, on the right side of thirty. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 163 A widow on the right side of thirty. 1922 Strand Mag. 611 How should a man, still on the right side of 25, not be happy? 1977 P. Muldoon Mules 48 She was right side of thirty, husband out of town. Phrases P1. colloquial to get out of bed on the right side (also to get out of bed (also †rise) on one's right side): to be in a good mood; to be in luck; to be feeling particularly healthy. Usually said retrospectively as an explanation for one's mood, etc. Cf. to get up or out of bed (on) the wrong side at wrong adj. 10g. ΚΠ 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus 90 Howe happily rose I on my ryght syde to day [L. quam pulcrè procedo hodie]. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. i. sig. Bii^v Thou rose not on thy right syde, or els blest thee not wel. 1608 G. Markham & L. Machin Dumbe Knight iv. sig. H2 Sure I said my prayers, ris'd on my right side. 1656 Hectors iv. i. 42 I rose on my right side, I think, to day. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 268 He rose on his right side. 1870 Connecticut Courant 1 Jan. (Suppl.) 4/1 On Christmas day..All the world makes a point of getting out of bed on the right side. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 6 723 First, Get out of bed on the right side. Second, Smile before breakfast. Third, Pick quick, and choose the best things. 1925 W. J. H. Sprott tr. E. Kretschmer Physique & Char. ix. 142 Old growler has got out of bed the right side again this morning. P2. British regional. to know the right side of a shilling: to know the value of money. ΚΠ 1882 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk (ed. 2) 131 He'll ken the right side o' a shillin' brawly. 1993 Roustabout Aug. 7/1 They tell us that the folk of the North East of Scotland are ‘canny’—that we know the right side of a shilling. P3. right side up (also right side upwards (uppermost, etc.)): with the principal side uppermost; in the correct position; in the proper manner; (as adjectival phrase) upright, positioned correctly. Also right sides up and figurative. ΚΠ 1720 J. T. Desaguliers tr. W. J. 's Gravesande Math. Elements Nat. Philos. I. ii. 238 Set the Machine again the right Side upwards [L. erigatur machina]. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xliii. 476 ‘He won't be a Chancery prisoner wery long, Sir,’ replied Roker, turning his hat round so as to get the maker's name right side upwards as he looked into it. 1860 Amer. Agriculturist Dec. 355/1 The movable comb hive is fully ventilated, right side up, by simply opening the holes in the honey board, or removing it. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 11/2 This..smuggling pedlar (with whom I hope to be right sides uppermost before I die). 1897 Daily News 17 Mar. 2/1 To the power of presenting a case systematically and clearly he united that of putting it, as it has been expressed, ‘right side up’. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xxi. 270 When the annoyer leaves, it will wriggle right side up and crawl off. 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 20/1 So long as the engine was right side up, riding was safer than ‘joining the birds’. 1997 N.Y. Times 17 Oct. b20/3 He quickly turned his sheet music right side up before the trio began a section from Bach's ‘Art of the Fugue’. 2006 Threads July 43 Lay both pattern pieces right sides up, abutting the vertical seamlines at the upper, mismatched end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1225
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