A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech,
muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle
of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in
aiming.

In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as
of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin.
In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.

The instrument of seeing; the eye.

A small aperture through which objects are to be seen,
and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight
of a quadrant.

Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the
sight of only one person.

A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of
perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye;
view; as, to gain sight of land.

The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;
open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through
which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was
harmless.