Definition of sight

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Sight (v. t.) A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming..

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Ruth :: Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods..
Line :: Line (n.) Direction; as, the line of sight or vision..
Prospection :: Prospection (n.) The act of looking forward, or of providing for future wants; foresight..
Telescopical :: Telescopical (a.) Having the power of extension by joints sliding one within another, like the tube of a small telescope or a spyglass; especially (Mach.), constructed of concentric tubes, either stationary, as in the telescopic boiler, or movable, as in the telescopic chimney of a war vessel, which may be put out of sight by being lowered endwise..
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) Object of sight; scene; view; aspect.
Kenning :: Kenning (v. t.) Range of sight.
Terrific :: Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight..
Blear-eyed :: Blear-eyed (a.) Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot..
Unexpectation :: Unexpectation (n.) Absence of expectation; want of foresight.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money..
Foresight :: Foresight (n.) Muzzle sight. See Fore sight, under Fore, a..
Viewsome :: Viewsome (a.) Pleasing to the sight; sightly.
Horrify :: Horrify (v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders..
Blinding :: Blinding (a.) Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow..
Display :: Display (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest..
Prevision :: Prevision (n.) Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.
Sightsmen :: Sightsmen (pl. ) of Sightsma.
Theosophy :: Theosophy (n.) Any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with God and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient Platonists, or by the chemical processes of the German fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of God, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the
Before :: Before (prep.) In presence or sight of; face to face with; facing.
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