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Word Meanings - SIGHT-SHOT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. Cowley.

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  • DISTANCE
    A space marked out in the last part of a race course. The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange. Note: In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being
  • SIGHTLY
    1. Pleasing to the sight; comely. "Many brave, sightly horses." L'Estrange. 2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
  • REACH
    An effort to vomit.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • REACHABLE
    Being within reach.
  • SIGHT-HOLE
    A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes." Shak.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • SIGHTED
    Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp- sighted, and the like.
  • SIGHTING
    from Sight, v. t. Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot.
  • THROWN
    a. & p. p. from Throw, v. Thrown silk, silk thread consisting of two or more singles twisted together like a rope, in a direction contrary to that in which the singles of which it is composed are twisted. M'Culloch. -- Thrown singles, silk thread
  • REACHER
    1. One who reaches. 2. An exaggeration. Fuller.
  • SIGHTLESS
    1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind. Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar. Pope. 2. That can not be seen; invisible. The sightless couriers of the air. Shak. 3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains. Shak.
  • SIGHT-SEER
    One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
  • SIGHTFUL
    Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous. Testament of Love.
  • REACHLESS
    Being beyond reach; lofty. Unto a reachless pitch of praises hight. Bp. Hall.
  • SIGHTPROOF
    Undiscoverable to sight. Hidden in their own sightproof bush. Lowell.
  • SIGHT-SHOT
    Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. Cowley.
  • SIGHTFULNESS
    The state of being sightful; perspicuity. Sir P. Sidney.
  • SIGHT
    1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. Kane. 2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star. 3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation
  • SIGHTSMAN
    One who reads or performs music readily at first sight. Busby.
  • OUTPREACH
    To surpass in preaching. And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. Trumbull.
  • PEEP SIGHT
    An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight.
  • FOREREACH
    To advance or gain upon; -- said of a vessel that gains upon another when sailing closehauled.
  • HALF-SIGHTED
    Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.
  • HIGH-REACHING
    Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak.
  • GUNREACH
    The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
  • HIGH-SIGHTED
    Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.
  • CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
    Acute discernment.
  • DULL-SIGHTED
    Having poor eyesight.
  • OUTREACH
    To reach beyond.
  • TREACHEROUS
    Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless. Loyal father of a treacherous son. Shak. The treacherous smile, a mask for
  • SECOND-SIGHT
    The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison. Nor less availed

 

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