SIGHTLINESS
SIGHTLINESS, noun Comely; having an appearance pleasing to the sight.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SIGHTLY
SIGHTLY, adjective1. Pleasing to the eye; striking to the view.Many brave sightly horses. We have thirty members, the most sightly of all her majesty's subjects.2. Open to the v...
SIGHTSMAN
SIGHTSMAN, noun Among musicians, one who reads music readily at first sight.
SIGIL
SIG'IL, noun [Latin sigillum] A seal; signature.
SIGMOIDAL
SIGMOID'AL, adjective [Gr. digma and eidoV.]Curved like the Greek sigma. The sigmoid flexure, in anatomy, is the last curve of the colon, before it terminates in the rectum.
SIGN
SIGN, noun [Latin signum; Gr. deicnumt.]1. A token; something by which another thing is shown or represented; any visible thing, any motion, appearance or event which indicates ...
SIGN-POST
SIGN-POST, noun A post on which a sign hangs, or on which papers are placed to give public notice of any thing. By the laws of some of the New England states, a sign-post is to ...
SIGNAL
SIG'NAL, noun [Latin signum.] A sign that gives or is intended to give notice; or the notice given. Signals are used to communicate notice, information, orders and the like, to ...
SIGNALITY
SIGNAL'ITY, noun Quality of being signal or remarkable. [Not in use.]
SIGNALIZE
SIG'NALIZE, verb transitive To make remarkable or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common. The soldier who signalizes himself in battle, merits his country's gratit...
SIGNALIZED
SIG'NALIZED, participle passive Made eminent
SIGNALIZING
SIG'NALIZING, participle present tense Making remarkable.
SIGNALLY
SIG'NALLY, adverb Eminently; remarkably; memorably; in a distinguished manner.
SIGNATION
SIGNA'TION, noun Sign given; act of betokening. [Not in use.]
SIGNATORY
SIG'NATORY, adjective Relating to a seal; used in sealing.
SIGNATURE
SIG'NATURE, noun [Latin signo, to sign.]1. A sign, stamp or mark impressed. The brain being well furnished with various traces, signatures and images. The natural and indelible ...
SIGNATURIST
SIG'NATURIST, noun One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities. [Little used.]
SIGNER
SIGNER, noun One that signs or subscribes his name; as a memorial with a hundred signers.
SIGNET
SIG'NET, noun A seal; particularly in Great Britain, the seal used by the king in sealing his private letters, and grants that pass by bill under his majesty's hand.
SIGNIFICANCE
SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, noun [Latin significans. See Signify.]
SIGNIFICANCY
SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, noun [Latin significans. See Signify.]1. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of t...
SIGNIFICANT
SIGNIF'ICANT, adjective [Latin signigicans.]1. Expressive of something beyond the external mark.2. Bearing a meaning; expressing or containing signification of sense; as a signi...
SIGNIFICANTLY
SIGNIF'ICANTLY, adverb1. With meaning.2. With force of expression.
SIGNIFICATION
SIGNIFICA'TION, noun [Latin significatio. See Signify.]1. The act of making known, or of communicating ideas to another by signs or by words, by any thing that is understood, pa...
SIGNIFICATIVE
SIGNIF'ICATIVE, adjective1. Betokening or representing by an external sign; as the significative symbols of the eucharist.2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a cer...
SIGNIFICATIVELY
SIGNIF'ICATIVELY, adverb So as represent or express by an external sign.
SIGNIFICATOR
SIGNIFICA'TOR, noun That which signifies.