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Sighted
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Sight>>.
II. Sighted ·adj Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner;
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Second
·noun Aid; assistance; help.
II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece;
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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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Clear-sighted
·adj Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason.
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Dim-sighted
·adj Having dim sight; lacking perception.
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Dull-sighted
·adj Having poor eyesight.
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Eagle-sighted
·adj Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
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Half-sighted
·adj Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
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High-sighted
·adj Looking upward; supercilious.
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Long-sighted
·adj Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.
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Quick-sighted
·adj Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.
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Sharp-sighted
·adj Having quick or acute sight;
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yaw-sighted
A nautical term for those who squint.
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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-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
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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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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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John, Second Epistle of
Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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