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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Goggle :: Goggle (v. i.) A disk with a small aperture, to direct the sight forward, and cure squinting..
Perspicacity :: Perspicacity (n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
Eye :: Eye (n.) The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence..
Unsighted :: Unsighted (a.) Not sighted, or seen..
Farseeing :: Farseeing (a.) Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land..
Care :: Care (n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity..
Sightly :: Sightly (a.) Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place..
See :: See (v. t.) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.
Mirage :: Mirage (n.) An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen pr
Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90ยก, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction..
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.
Beautiful :: Beautiful (a.) Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind.
Asthenopia :: Asthenopia (n.) Weakness of sight.
Improvident :: Improvident (a.) Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man..
Pinule :: Pinule (n.) One of the sights of an astrolabe.
Purblind :: Purblind (a.) Nearsighted, or dim-sighted; seeing obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole..
Blear-eyed :: Blear-eyed (a.) Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted.
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..
Sight :: Sight (v. t.) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
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