Definition of sigh

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Sigh (v. i.) Hence, to lament; to grieve..

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Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..
Poreblind :: Poreblind (a.) Nearsighted; shortsighted; purblind.
Empirical :: Empirical (a.) Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies..
Cathetometer :: Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are th
Asthenopia :: Asthenopia (n.) Weakness of sight.
Weed :: Weed (n.) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant..
High-sighted :: High-sighted (a.) Looking upward; supercilious.
Dispart :: Dispart (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight..
Transient :: Transient (a.) Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure..
Sighing :: Sighing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sig.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods..
Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war..
Mare :: Mare (n.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare..
Discernment :: Discernment (n.) The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment..
Disappearance :: Disappearance (n.) The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Moonblink :: Moonblink (n.) A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia..
Presstriction :: Presstriction (n.) Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight..
Behind :: Behind (adv.) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining..
Vision :: Vision (v.) The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
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