(v. t.) The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye;
view; as, to gain sight of land.
(v. t.) The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of
perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
(v. t.) The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;
open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through
which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
(v. t.) A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
(v. t.) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
(v. t.) Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the
sight of only one person.
(v. t.) Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was
harmless.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
(v. t.) To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a
wreck.
(v. t.) To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to
sight an object, as a star.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To take aim by a sight.
