sight
(ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to provide with sights or adjust the sights of, as a gun.
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sight
Webster Dictionary
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
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sightseeing
(ˈsaɪtˌsi ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
seeing, showing, or used for visiting sights:
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sight
(ɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to direct or aim by a sight or sights, as a firearm.
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sight
(sight)
Princeton's WordNet
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
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excursionist
(sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck)
Princeton's WordNet
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
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rubberneck
(sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck)
Princeton's WordNet
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
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sightsee
(sightsee)
Princeton's WordNet
visit famous or interesting sights
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sightseer
(sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck)
Princeton's WordNet
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
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tripper
(sightseer, excursionist, tripper, rubberneck)
Princeton's WordNet
a tourist who is visiting sights of interest
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line of sight
(ˈlɪn ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an imaginary straight line running through aligned sights, as of a firearm.
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telesthesia
(ˌtəl əsˈθi ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sensibility to sights, sounds, etc., that are beyond the range of the sense organs, as in clairvoyance.
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pinule
Webster Dictionary
one of the sights of an astrolabe
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battle sight
(battle sight, battlesight)
Princeton's WordNet
an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges
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battlesight
(battle sight, battlesight)
Princeton's WordNet
an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges
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vane
Webster Dictionary
one of the sights of a compass, quadrant, etc
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sight-seeing
Webster Dictionary
the act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities
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sight-seeing
Webster Dictionary
engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities
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sight-seer
Webster Dictionary
one given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities
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label
Webster Dictionary
a brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes
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demicircle
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass
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dropper
Webster Dictionary
a dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter
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alidade
Webster Dictionary
the portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument
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collimation
Webster Dictionary
the act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument
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quadrant
Webster Dictionary
an instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90¡, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vertical or horizontal direction.
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