Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
a great deal, a lot; .
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, the open space, the opening.
The instrument of seeing; the eye.
Mental view; opinion; judgment.
Verb
To register visually.
To get sight of (something).
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.
From Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -th. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.
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