Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of sigh is as below...

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..

Direction :: Direction (n.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.

Coursing :: Coursing (n.) The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.

Sigh :: Sigh (v. i.) Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan/ent..

Patch :: Patch (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting..

Gapeseed :: Gapeseed (n.) Any strange sight.

Sharp-sighted :: Sharp-sighted (a.) Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.

Underground :: Underground (a.) Done or occurring out of sight; secret.

Alidade :: Alidade (n.) The portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument.

Ruth :: Ruth (v.) That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful sight.

Symbolics :: Symbolical (a.) Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge..

Sigh :: Sigh (v. t.) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes..

Prospect :: Prospect (v.) The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation; as, a prospect of the future state..

Appall :: Appall (a.) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart..

Oversight :: Oversight (n.) An overlooking; an omission; an error.

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..

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..

Blinding :: Blinding (a.) Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow..

Transpicuous :: Transpicuous (a.) Transparent; pervious to the sight.

Random Fonts

Most Popular