faculty+of+seeing
21eyesight — /uy suyt /, n. 1. the power or faculty of seeing. 2. the act or fact of seeing. 3. the range of the eye: to come within eyesight. [1150 1200; ME; see EYE, SIGHT] * * * …
22sight — The ability or faculty of seeing. SEE ALSO: vision. [A.S. gesihth] day s. SYN: nyctalopia. far s. SYN: hyperopia. long s. SYN: hyperopia. near s. SYN: myopia. night s. SYN: hemeralopia. second s. improved near vision …
23eyesight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See vision. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vision, sight, visual perception; see sight 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. see vision IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The faculty of seeing: eye, seeing,… …
24light — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I adj. airy (see levity); frivolous, jesting, jocular, lightsome; giddy, dizzy, flighty; wanton; nimble, agile; flippant, pert, insouciant; humorous; trivial. See cheerfulness, unimportance, impurity,… …
25vision — n. 1. Sight, seeing. 2. Sight, faculty of seeing. 3. Appearance. 4. Apparition, ghost, spectre, phantom, phantasm, chimera, illusion, supernatural appearance …
26eyesight — /ˈaɪsaɪt / (say uysuyt) noun 1. the power or faculty of seeing. 2. the action or fact of seeing. 3. the range of the eye …
27sight — /saɪt / (say suyt) noun 1. the power or faculty of seeing; vision. 2. the act or fact of seeing. 3. range of vision: in sight of land. 4. a view; glimpse. 5. mental view or regard. 6. something seen or to be seen; spectacle: the sights of the… …
28sight — n. & v. n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or an instance of seeing; the state of being seen. 2 a thing seen; a display, show, or spectacle (not a pretty sight; a beautiful sight). 3 a way of looking at or… …
29eye — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek ōps eye, face, Sanskrit akṣi eye Date: before 12th century 1. a. a specialized light sensitive sensory structure of animals that in… …
30By the eye — Eye Eye ([imac]), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e[ a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. [=o]ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. [ o]ga, Dan. [ o]ie, Goth. aug[=o]; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. o kkos, eye, o sse, the… …
