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n its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3.

The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.

One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also.

vice attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

Acute discernment.

To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave. At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another st…

A consignee. [Obs.] Jenkins.

The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state. [Obs.] So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin. Jer. Taylor.

One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. Fallows.

Joint signature. [R.] Colgrave.

A countersign; a watchword.

The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

One who consigns. See Consignor.

Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.] Spelman.

Joint signification. [R.]

Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]

To signify or denote in combination with something else. The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures. Horne Tooke.

The act of consigning; consignation.

One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [Written also consigner.]