The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rear \Rear\, a. Being behind, or in the hindmost part; hindmost; as, the rear rank of a company.
Rear admiral, an officer in the navy, next in rank below a vice admiral and above a commodore. See Admiral.
Rear front (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position.
Rear guard (Mil.), the division of an army that marches in the rear of the main body to protect it; -- used also figuratively.
Rear line (Mil.), the line in the rear of an army.
Rear rank (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order.
Rear sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech.
To bring up the rear, to come last or behind.
Sight \Sight\ (s[imac]t), n. [OE. sight, si[thorn]t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih[eth], gesieh[eth], gesyh[eth]; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.]
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The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.
A cloud received him out of their sight.
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The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
--Shak.O loss of sight, of thee I most complain!
--Milton. 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.
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A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
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The instrument of seeing; the eye.
Why cloud they not their sights?
--Shak. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.
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Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.
--Wake.That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
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A small aperture or optical device through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; -- used on surveying instruments; as, the sight of a quadrant.
Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel.
--Shak. An optical device or 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. A telescope mounted on a weapon, such as a rifle, and used for accurate aiming at distant targets is called a telescopic sight.
--Farrow.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.
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A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. ``A sight of lawyers.'' --Latimer. A wonder sight of flowers. --Gower. At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight. Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle. Open sight. (Firearms)
A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object.
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A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture.
Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear.
Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight.
To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like.
Syn: Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation; exhibition.
Usage examples of "rear sight".
He fingered the notch of the rear sight and the bolt handle and the trigger.
Thirty-eight inches and six and a half pounds, adjustable open rear sight, tapered post front sight, seven-shot capacity, a good reliable weapon.
At the sixth it clicked home near the trigger action and the rear sight, the heavy steel bow bent and ready.
Elevating the rear sight forced the marksman to elevate the front sight, as well, in order to line them up, thus compensating for the projectile drop.
My left forearm was resting against the mound and I let my hand find its natural position along the stock of the weapon, just forward of the rear sight.
He thrust the folding double-strut stock against his good shoulder, and looked through the tangent rear sight and the protected post foresight.
The older man picked up Minatelli's weapon and clicked the grooved ramp forward under the rear sight, raising the notch.
A red needle sprang up beside Stephen's rear sight, indicating that the round just fired was the last one in his rifle.
The shooter picked up the target on the front sight, centered it on the rear sight, and fired in a split second.
When a target was found, the gunman put the front sight on it, centered it on the rear sight, and fired in a fraction of a second.
Ross's gun even had a rear sight, to match up against the front one.
Minatelli snapped the stepped ramp forward under the rear sight with his thumb, lifting the leaf notch to the second-to-last position.
Blaine pushed up the rear sight of the Lee Enfield to four hundred yards and aimed for the crest of the kopje, where a feather of drifting blue gun-smoke betrayed the hi gunmen.
Jim swung up the rifle and picked up her tall shape in the notch of the rear sight.