Synonyms for sighting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : saɪt |
Définition of sighting
Origin :- "instance of catching sight," 1853, verbal noun from sight (v.).
- verb see
- These men had come to kill him; their sighting Reid on the way was only an incident.
- Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
- Major Cavender had wheeled his guns into position, and was sighting them.
- Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- Consequently it was merely by a process of sighting that he could obtain the places of the stars.
- Extract from : « Great Astronomers » by R. S. Ball
- Before night he was not only dragging the chain, but was sighting the instrument.
- Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
- "It's simply a sighting shot, Sir Ralph," he remarked quietly.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- There were sighting devices on it, and there were ports that opened in the floor.
- Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
- He looked like a man who was sighting his home after many years of absence.
- Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne
- A line in extension of the sighting line a'-b' will be the magnetic-meridian.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- By open sight is meant the use of any one of the sighting notches.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- Again some men in sighting will look at the front sight and not at the object.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
Antonyms for sighting
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