Sight

(sīt,) [ from A. S. gesiht, or VISION. (Physiol.) The action of seeing. The sight is one of the five senses, and the eye is its organ. See EYE.- (Com.) The presentment of a bill of exchange. They are sometimes drawn payable at sight, that is at the time when they are presented to the drawee; and at others made payable a specified number of days after sight. (sīj-il-la're-ah.) (From L. sigilla, a small seal.] (Pal.) An extinct gen. of fo il plants, found in the coal-measures, and deriving their name from the leaf-scars imprinted upon the stems after the manner of seals. [s. 825]