5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.
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
(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
(Sight), v. i. (Mil.) To take aim by a sight.
