Definition of sight

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Sight (v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck..

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Sanded :: Sanded (a.) Short-sighted.
Outlook :: Outlook (n.) The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance.
Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..
Coroner :: Coroner (n.) An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred..
Misty :: Misty (superl.) Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight..
Spectacle :: Spectacle (n.) An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light..
Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..
Vane :: Vane (n.) One of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc..
Land :: Land (n.) The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage..
Outsee :: Outsee (v. t.) To see beyond; to excel in cer/ainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.
Sighted :: Sighted (imp. & p. p.) of Sigh.
Forewit :: Forewit (n.) Foresight; prudence.
Scotomy :: Scotomy (n.) Dizziness with dimness of sight.
Sighting :: Sighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sigh.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless..
Opsiometer :: Opsiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight..
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature..
Sight :: Sight (v. i.) To take aim by a sight.
Ugly :: Ugly (superl.) Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.
Horrify :: Horrify (v. t.) To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders..
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