sight reading (sitre"ding)

The act or proce of reading a piece of music, or a pa age in a foreign tongue, at first sight, generally as a test of proficiency. sight-seeing (sit's ing), (sīt'sē"ing), n. The act of seeing sightseeing going about for the purpose of seeing interesting sight-seeker (sīt'sē"ker), n. One who goes about in search of sights. sight-seer (sīt'sē"èr), n. One who is fond of, or who goes to see, sights or curiosities: as, the streets were crowded with eager sight - seers. Whenever he travelled abroad, he was a busy sight -seer. R. J. Hinton , Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 166. sight-shot (sīt's hot), n. Distance to which the sight can reach; range of sight; eye-shot. [Rare.] It only makes me run faster from the place 'till I get as it were out of sight shot. Cowley , Works (ed. 1707), II. 701.