SIGHT
ADJECTIVES
► ABER sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful → 1908 Sc.
► ACCIPITRAL resembling that of a falcon or hawk, esp. in respect of sight or temperament; sharp-eyed, hawklike → 1842
► ANOPTICAL outside of the field of vision; dim-sighted → 1598 obs.
► BAT-EYED near-sighted → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BIRD-EYED near-sighted → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BLEARED dim-sighted → 1737 Sc.
► BLEARIE ► BLEARY ► BLEERY dim-sighted, watery-eyed → 1846 Sc.
► BLEERIT dim-sighted → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLENTERING ► BLINTERIN’ having weak eyes; near-sighted → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLUR-EYED blear-eyed → 1899 Amer. dial.
► BOSS-EYED said of someone who is cross-eyed, or has only one eyed → 1860 sl.
► BRIGHT of eyes or eyesight: sharp, keen, perceptive → a1225 rare
► BUNG-EYED cross-eyed→ M19 sl.
► DACKER dim of sight → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DARK not able to see; partially or totally blind; sightless → 1382 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DUNCH blind; having impaired vision → 1692 obs.
► EAGLE-EYED keen-sighted → 1601
► EYED possessed of good sight; clear-sighted, sharp-sighted → 1563 obs.
► GOOCH-EYED blind in one eye → 1972 US sl.
► GRAVEL-BLIND almost entirely blind → literary
► HARE-SIGHTED short-sighted → 1627
► HAWK-EYED very keen-sighted → 1818
► LYNCEAN of the eyes, sight, etc.: resembling that of a lynx; keen; also, sharp-sighted → 1622
► LYNCEOUS of the eyes, sight, etc.: resembling that of a lynx; keen; also, sharp-sighted → 1592 obs.
► LYNX-EYED having eyes like those of a lynx; keen-sighted → 1597
► LYNX-LIKE of the eye: resembling that of a lynx; keen-sighted → 1605
► LYNX-SHARP of the eye: sharp as that of a lynx → 1812
► MICE-EYED having the keen eyes of mice; keen-eyed, sharp-sighted → .1509 obs. rare
► MOON-EYED able to see better by night than by day → 1933 Amer. dial.
► MOP-EYED near-sighted → 1677
► MURK of a person’s eyes: having the vision obscured; dim-sighted → 1300 obs.
► MYOPE short-sighted, near-sighted → 1892
► MYOPIC short-sighted, near-sighted → 1749
► MYOPICAL short-sighted, near-sighted → 1749
► MYOPTIC short-sighted, near-sighted → 1849
► NIGH-SIGHTED short-sighted → 1858 Sc.
► OCCULATE ► OCULATE possessed of eyes or sight; observant, sharp-sighted → 1549 obs.
► OWLY-EYED having eyes like an owl’s, in respect of seeing badly in daylight; purblind → a1586 obs.
► OXYDERCICAL sharpening the sight → 1657 obs.
► PEARL-BLIND weak-sighted → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PERSPECTIVE relating to sight; optical → 1432 obs.
► RIGHT-EYED keen-sighted, perceptive; said of a person → 1600 obs.
► SAND-BLIND half-blind, dim-sighted, purblind → a1400 arch. exc. Eng. dial.
► SANDED sand-blind, half-blind, dim-sighted → 1629 obs.
► SAND-EYED sand-blind, half-blind, dim-sighted → 1592 obs. rare
► SHORT-EYED short-sighted → 1721
► SIGHTFUL endowed with sight; seeing → 1594 obs.
► SILVER-EYED wall-eyed → 1702 obs.
► SPURBLIND almost blind; partially sighted → 1508 obs.
► VEILED of sight: dim, indistinct → 1633 obs.
► WALL-EYED dim-sighted, purblind → 1873
► WAPPER-EYED sore-eyed, squinting → L18 sl.
► WAPPLE-EYED wapper-eyed → 1937 Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
► MYOPICALLY short-sightedly → 1901
NOUNS
► ANOPSY want of sight → 1646 obs.
► BAT dark specks which appear floating before the eyes when the sight is impaired → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BLEER what dims the sight; a trace of weeping → Bk1911 Sc.
► DIPLOPIAPHOBIA an abnormal fear of double vision → Bk1991
► EDGE keenness of eyesight → 1682 obs.
► KENNING visual cognition; sight or view → c1400 obs.
► LUSCITION a being dim-sighted or purblind → 1656 obs. rare
► MAIL a defect in vision → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► MOPE-EYES eyes suffering from short-sightedness → 1649 obs.
► MYOPIA short-sightedness → 1654
► MYOPY short-sightedness → 1854
► SIGHT-SHOT the range of vision → 1663 obs.
► SOSPIRE a sigh → 1575 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLIND-BUCK AND DAVY a clumsy, weak-sighted, stumbling person → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BLINDEGO a short-sighted person → 1867 Eng. dial.
► BLINKARD a near-sighted person; one blind of one eye → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BLINKER a blear-eyed person; a person blind of one eye; a near-sighted person → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLINKY a person with poor or no eyesight → 1922 US sl.
► BLINTER a person with weak eyes → 19C Sc.
► BLINTERER a person with weak eyes → Bk1911 Sc.
► EAGLE EYES a person with keen eyesight → Bk1988 Aust. sl.
► IDIOPT one who has some peculiarity of vision → 1833 rare
► MOLE a person with poor vision, physically or mentally → a1616 obs.
► MONOCHROMAT ► MONOCHROMATE a person with monochromatism (complete colour-blindness) → 1893
► MYOPE a short-sighted person → 1682
► MYOPIC a short-sighted person → 1883
► MYOPS a short-sighted person → 1798
► OPTIC one skilled in optics; an optician → 1636 obs.
► OPTICIST one who studies or is versed in optics, the science of sight → 1884
► OPTIST an optician → 1639 obs.
► PINKANY a person who blinks; a squinting or short-sighted person → 1593 obs.
► STYMIE one who does not see well → 1616 Sc.
VERBS
► BENIGHT to blind, to dazzle; to deprive of vision → 1621
► BLINNER to move the eyelids like one with weak sight → Bk1911 Sc.
► DARK to darken the eyes or vision; to blind → c1374 obs.
► SEE BLACK to suffer the lapses of vision caused by exposure to thirst, heat, and glaring sunlight → Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
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