Sight

sit, n. Act of seeing; perception of objects the eye; view; power of seeing; faculty of vision; state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; region which the eye at one time surveys; thing seen; spectacle: show; something worth seeing; spection; examination; instrument of seeing; eye; a small aperture through which objects are be seen, and by which the direction is settled or certained; a piece of metal near the muzzle, or son, cube, full; moon, fot>tj cow, other near the breech, of a fire-arm, to guide the eye the in taking aim; a great number, quantity, or sum. — to v. t. To get sight of, see; to look at through a sight, see accurately. {Mil.) To give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight. — v. i. To obo'f tain a distinct view. {Mil.) To take aim by a sight, of take sight. — Sightle , a. "Wanting sight; blind: opoffensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly. — Sight 1y, -It, a. Open to sight; conspicuous; pleas one ing to the sight; comely. to Sigmoid, like the sig'moid,-moid'ral,a. letter S. Curved in 2 directions, Sign, sin, n. That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; toi. ken; indication; proof; a remarkable event, considin ered by the ancients as indicating the will of a deity; miracle; wonder; indication of the divine will; something serving to indicate the existence, or preserve the memory of a thing; any symbol or emblem which prefigures, typifies, or represents, an idea; a Inword regarded as the outward manifestation of thought; a motion, action, or gesture, by which a not thought is expre ed, or a command or wish made in known; one of the conventional manual motions by which conversation is carried on, as by the deaf and of dumb; something conspicuous placed bef ore a house to advertise the busine there transacted. {Astron.) The l-12th part of the ecliptic or zodiac. {Alg.) A character indicating the relation of quantities, or an operation performed upon them. {Mm.) Any character, as a flat, sharp, dot, etc. — v. t. [signed (sind), signing.] To represent by a sign, signify; to affix a signature to, notify by hand or seal. — v. i. A To make a sign or signal; to communicate intelligence by signs. — Sig'nal, n. A sign agreed upon to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, to a person at a distance, or, as the occasion of concerted action: a token; indication. —a. Disting. from what is ordinary; notable; conspicuous. — v. t. [signaled (-nald), -NALING.] To communicate by the signals. — Sig'nally, adv. In a signal manner; emiapnently; remarkably. — Sig'nalize.i.;. [-ized (-Izd), -izing.] To make signal or eminent: to communicate with by means of a signal; to indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, oy a signal. — Sig'nature, of -na-chur, n. A sign, stamp," or mark impre ed; the name of anv person written with his own hand; a sign-manual. {Mus.) The flats or sharps at the beginning of a composition, which indicate the key or scale. {Print.) A letter or figure by which the sheets of a book or pamphlet are distinguished and their order designated. — Sig'natory, -na-to-rl, «. Pert, to a seal; used in sealing; signing; sharing in a signature.— n. A signer. — Sig'net, n. A seal; esp., in Eng., the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pa by bill under the sign-manual. — Sig'nify, -nY-fi, v. t. [-fied (-lid), -fying.] To make known by a sign, communicate by any conventional token; to convey the notion of; to make known, expre , manifest, declare, intimate, of denote, imply, mean. — v. i. To expre meaning with force. — Significance, -can-cy, -nil' 'Y-kan-sY, n. State of being significant; that which is signified;. moment: weight; consequence; import; importance; force. — Significant, a. Fitted or designed to signify or make known something; standing as a sign or token; expre ive or suggestive; having a meaning; deserving to be considered; important; momentous.— Sig/nifica''tion, n. Act of sign if ying or making known; that which is signified or made known.— Significative, -ka-tiv, a. Betokening or representing by an external sign; having signification or meaning.