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Seeing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<See>>. II. Seeing ·conj (but originally a present participle) In view of the f...

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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...

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sight
1) A great many.--Brockett, Glossary. A sight of people, is a great multitude. A sight of things, a ...

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Clear-seeing
·adj Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding. ...

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seeing-glass
a mirror, or looking-glass. N ...

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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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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...

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Sight-hole
·noun A hole for looking through; a peephole. ...

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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....

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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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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act. ...

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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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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...

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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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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly. ...

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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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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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