Why cloud they not their sights?
Shak.
6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only
one person.
7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
Wake.
That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight
of God.
Luke xvi. 15.
8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which
their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.
Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.
Shak.
9. 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.
Farrow.
10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper
or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a
frame or the like, the open space, the opening.
11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. [Now
colloquial]
Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. "A
sight of lawyers." Latimer.
A wonder sight of flowers.
Gower.
At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable
at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight. -- Front
sight (Firearms), the sioht nearost the ouzzle. -- Open sight.
(Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be
seen, in distinction from one that hides the object. (b) A rear sight
having an open notch instead of an aperture. -- Peep sight, Rear sight.
See under Peep, and Rear. -- Sight draft, an order, or bill of
exchange, directing the payment of money at sight. -- To take sight, to
take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or
the like.
Syn. -- Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation; exhibition.
Sight (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighting.] 1.
To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. Kane.
2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an
object, as a star.
3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the
proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a
rifle or a cannon.
Sight, v. i. (Mil.) To take aim by a sight.
Sight"ed, a. Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used
in composition; as, long- sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-
sighted, and the like.
Sight"ful (?), a. Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible;
perspicuous. [Obs.] Testament of Love.
Sight"ful*ness, n. The state of being sightful; perspicuity. [Obs.] Sir
P. Sidney.
Sight"-hole` (?), n. A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all
sight-holes." Shak.
Sight"ing, a. & n. from Sight, v. t.
Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm
are properly adjusted; a trial shot.
Sight"less, a. 1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar.
Pope.