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Open sight   /ˈoʊpən saɪt/   Listen
Open sight

noun
1.
Rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope.





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"Open sight" Quotes from Famous Books



... without fear; The eagle, lord of land and sea, Stooped down to pay him fealty; And both the undying fish that swim, Through Bowscale-Tarn did wait on him, The pair were servants to his eye In their immortality; They moved about in open sight, To and fro, for his delight. He knew the rocks which angels haunt On the mountains visitant, He hath kenned them taking wing; And the caves where fairies sing He hath entered; and been told By voices ...
— Strange Pages from Family Papers • T. F. Thiselton Dyer
... Occasion of the Ill; For when the Cause, whence Evil doth arise, Removed is, th' Effect surceaseth still. Abstain from Pleasure, and restrain your Will, Subdue Desire, and bridle loose Delight: Use scanted Diet, and forbear your Fill; Shun Secrecy, and talk in open sight: So shall you soon repair ...
— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele


Words linked to "Open sight" :   gunsight, gun-sight


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