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The act of resigning.

strous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison. Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift of second- sight. Trumbull.

Having the power of second-sight. Addison.

Causing or exciting sensation. Huxley.

Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.

Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] Camden.

The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation. [R.] Shelton.

A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.

A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measu…

To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument. The undersigned, the person whose name is signed, or the persons whose names are signed, at the end of a document; the subscriber or subscribers.

Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.

Doing or done without sight; not seeing or examining. [Colloq.] Unsight unseen, a colloquial phrase, denoting unseeing unseen, or unseen repeated; as, to buy a thing unsight unseen, that is, without seeing it. For to subscribe, unsight, unseen, To a new church discipline. Hudibras. There was a great confluence of chapm…

Invisible. [Obs.]

Not sighted, or seen. Suckling.

Insignificant. [Obs.] Holland.

A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.

One of the West Goths. See the Note under Goth. -- Vis`i*goth"ic, a.

Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weather Bureau includes temperature, cold or hot wave, rain or snow, wind direction, storm, and hurricane signals.

In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and esp. the expected approach of winds whose direction and force are dangerous to shipping, etc. The wind-signal system of the United States Weather Bureau consists of storm, information, hurricane, hot wind, and inland storm signals.