Re: MtMan-List: direction?

[Steve Berlin <sberlin@metrogourmet.com>]

Hello the List,

The meaning of right and left when applied to the *BANKS* of a river is
clear and unambigious in all dictionaries. Note that refering correctly
to the *BANK* of a river is a separate matter from what is the right
side of river's mouth or a channel to a sailor returning from the sea.
Careful authors like Morgan use words according to their dictionary
definitions. Setting personal opinions aside, I would like anyone to
cite any dictionary anywhere that defines right BANK and left BANK
differently from the crystal clear statement that follows:

"Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are used
always with reference to the position of one who is facing in the
direction of the current's flow."

- Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict

If I can find a 19th century online dictionary it will say the same
thing and I'll bring it to your attention, but it isn't the dictionaries
that argue about this definition, just us.

Steve