† line-right, a. and adv. Obs.
[f. line n.2 + right a. and adv.]
A. adj. (Situated) in a straight line; straight.
| c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. i. §21 Under which lyne, whan that the Sonne and 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.
| c 1391 Chaucer Astrol. ii. §23 Til that any sterre fix sit lyne-riht perpendiculer over the pol Artik. 1412–20 Lydg. Chron. 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. c 1430 Lydg. Reas. & Sens. 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. |