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Sight
·vi To take aim by a sight.
II. Sight ·vt The instrument of seeing; the eye.
III. Sight ·vt A spec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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sight
1) A great many.--Brockett, Glossary. A sight of people, is a great multitude. A sight of things, a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Second
·noun Aid; assistance; help.
II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece;
— often popula...
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second
The sixtieth part of a minute. A division of a degree of a circle. A term applied both to time and t...
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Breech sight
·- A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sig...
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Long-sight
·noun Long-sightedness.
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Peep sight
·add. ·- An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rif...
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Sight-hole
·noun A hole for looking through; a peephole.
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Sight-seeing
·noun The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
II. Sight-seeing ·adj Engag...
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Sight-seer
·noun One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
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Sight-shot
·noun Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Telescopic sight
·add. ·- A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
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plaguy sight
This is a very common expression in the colloquial language of New England, and means, a great deal....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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breech-sight
The notch cut on the base ring of a gun.
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chase-sight
Where the sight is usually placed.
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close-sight
The notch in the base-ring of a cannon, to place the eye in a line with the top-sight.
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dispart-sight
A gun-sight fixed on the top of the second reinforce-ring about the middle of the piece for point-bl...
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gun-sight
See disparting a gun, or sights.
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millar's sight
General Millar's simple dispart a sliding pillar bearing a scale graduated to tangents of degrees fo...
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sight-vanes
See vanes.
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Second-class
·adj Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; ...
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Second-rate
·adj Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a secon...
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Second-sighted
·adj Having the power of second-sight.
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Thirty-second
·adj Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Twelfth-second
·noun A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these ...
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Second Postern
Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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second-captain
Commanders under captains in the navy, of late.
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second-counter
See counter.
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second-futtocks
The frame-timbers scarphed on the end of the futtock-timbers.
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second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen.
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second-rate
Vessels of seventy-four guns (on the old scale).
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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
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hove-in-sight
The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
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Temple, the Second
After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements we...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to play second fiddle
is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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heave and in sight
A notice given by the boatswain to the crew when the anchor is drawn up so near the surface of the w...
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sight the anchor, to
To heave it up in sight, in order to prove that it is clear, when, from the ship having gone over it...
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John, Second Epistle of
Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle of
The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...
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Timothy, Second Epistle to
Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a...
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Peter, Second Epistle Of
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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notch-sight of a gun
A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
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Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense exciteme...
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Corinthians, Second Epistle To The
was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year-about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Esdras, The Second Book Of
This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The
appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus ...
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
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John, The Second And Third Epistles Of
The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and niece...
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