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Clear-sighted
Clear-sighted Clear"-sight`ed, a.
Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason
Clear-sightedness
Clear-sightedness Clear"-sight`ed*ness, n.
Acute discernment.
Dim-sightedDim-sighted Dim"-sight`ed, a.
Having dim sight; lacking perception. --
Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n. Dim-sightednessDim-sighted Dim"-sight`ed, a.
Having dim sight; lacking perception. --
Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n. Dull-sighted
Dull-sighted Dull"-sight`ed, a.
Having poor eyesight.
Eagle-sighted
Eagle-sighted Ea"gle-sight`ed, a.
Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. --Shak.
Farsighted
Farsighted Far"sight`ed, a.
1. Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment
regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.
2. (Med.) Hypermetropic.
Farsightedness
Farsightedness Far"sight`ed*ness, n.
1. Quality of bbeing farsighted.
2. (Med.) Hypermetropia.
Foresighted
Foresighted Fore"sight`ed, a.
Sagacious; prudent; provident for the future. --Bartram.
Half-sighted
Half-sighted Half"-sight`ed, a.
Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. --Bacon.
High-sighted
High-sighted High"-sight`ed, a.
Looking upward; supercilious. --Shak.
Long-sighted
Long-sighted Long"-sight`ed, a.
1. Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having
great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.
2. Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not
close at hand; hypermetropic.
Long-sightednessLong-sightedness Long"-sight`ed*ness, n.
1. The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence,
sagacity; shrewdness.
2. (Med.) See Hypermetropia. Nearsighted
Nearsighted Near"sight`ed, a.
Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted.
NearsightednessNearsightedness Near"sight`ed*ness, n.
See Myopic, and Myopia. Quick-sightedQuick-sighted Quick"-sight`ed, a.
Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to
discern. --Locke. --Quick"-sight`ed*ness, n. Quick-sightednessQuick-sighted Quick"-sight`ed, a.
Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to
discern. --Locke. --Quick"-sight`ed*ness, n. Second-sighted
Second-sighted Sec"ond-sight`ed, a.
Having the power of second-sight. --Addison.
Sharp-sightedSharp-sighted Sharp"-sight`ed, a.
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and
figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n. Sharp-sightednessSharp-sighted Sharp"-sight`ed, a.
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and
figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n. ShortsightedShortsighted Short"sight`ed, a.
1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
and Myopia.
2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
understand things deep; of limited intellect.
3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. --
Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. -- Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison. ShortsightedlyShortsighted Short"sight`ed, a.
1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
and Myopia.
2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
understand things deep; of limited intellect.
3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. --
Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. -- Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison. ShortsightednessShortsighted Short"sight`ed, a.
1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic,
and Myopia.
2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to
understand things deep; of limited intellect.
3. Having little regard for the future; heedless. --
Short"sight`ed*ly, adv. -- Short"sight`ed*ness, n.
Cunning is a kind of shortsightedness. --Addison. SightedSight 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. Sighted
Sighted 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.
Unsighted
Unsighted Un*sight"ed, a.
1. Not sighted, or seen. --Suckling.
2. (Gun.) Not aimed by means of a sight; also, not furnished
with a sight, or with a properly adjusted sight; as, to
shoot and unsighted rife or cannon.
Meaning of Sighte from wikipedia
- foond, ful lowe upon a bord/ Ther as the cat was wont in for to crepe,/ And at the hole he
looked in ful depe,/ And at the last he
hadde of hym a
sighte."...
- And at the hole he
looked in ful depe, And at the last he
hadde of hym a
sighte.
Exeter Cathedral is
thought to have the
oldest do****ented cat
access hole...
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Januarie that he may be
mistaken on many more
occasions ("Ther may ful many a
sighte yow bigile"),
indicating that, perhaps, her
infidelity will not stop there...
- — Richard
Rolle Chaucer had the same formulation: the fyve wittes, that been
sighte, herynge, smellynge,
tastynge or savourynge, and
feelynge — Geoffrey Chaucer...
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bikes are also used in
hilly Switzerland—although they're an
extremely rare
sighte there, due to
their heavier weight and
inefficient geometry—, including...
- of the said mote,
verye pleasunte to the
prospects and view of the said
sighte. The hall was
invironed aboute with
Galeries and
Towers and
Turrette of...
- King, the Duke of
Yorke led the
Queene with
great familiaritie to all mens
sighte".
Although no
contemporary records now
survive to
provide the
physical details...
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Spanish fleet's actions,
saying But
about one in the Afternoone, they came in
Sighte of the
Spanish Armado two
Leagues to the
Westward of the Eddistone, sailing...
-
Campion Published in
Philip Rosseter's A
Booke of
Ayres (1601) 8 viii
Cloris sighte Not in ms.
music by
Richard Balls (died in 1622);
lyric attributed by John...
- stay this
structure seemes t'invite, Thy
wandring eyes on it to fixe thy
sighte, In this pile's
summitte thou
mayst discrie, Heav'ns all
beholding and all...
