Word Finder - sighting

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To register visually.

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To get sight of (something).

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to sight land from a ship

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To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.

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to sight a rifle or a cannon

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To take aim at.

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The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.

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There will be a small prize for the first sighting of a seal.

Cressy, under Captain Johnson, had also stopped to lower boats but got underway on sighting a periscope.

Sighting telescopes were also intro FIG.

Vigfusson, Origines Islandicae (1905), which strangely expresses a preference for the Flatey Book " account of the first sighting of the American continent" by the Norsemen.

A woman driving near Delavan, WI (about 35 miles from the site of the 1936 Shackelman sighting) reported seeing a dark, hairy creature running towards her and leaping onto her trunk.

A Ghost At The Hayswood Hospital - Maysville, Kentucky - The quality of this video leaves a lot to be desired, and that is often a hallmark of a faked ghost sighting.

Stylish hand inlaid sighting spots are complemented by a distinctive silver hallmark.

New Scientist More rare hummingbirds spotted in Texas The recent sighting of a rare hummingbird has bird biologists in Texas almost giddy.

Another chupacabra sighting was caught on camera by KENS 5 News in San Antonio, Texas.

Video of the chupacabra sighting can be found on YouTube.

Sighting along the line allowed the mast band to be lined up and temporarily fastened with a self-tapping screw into the mast button.

Tho usually gregarious, the only sighting in South Africa was a single in northern Kruger.

The handsome radiator cap mascot provides an excellent sighting device as you navigate this great leviathan of an MG.

In this case we have shutdown of strategic nuclear missiles coincident with UFO sighting over a missile silo!

Perhaps the most surprising sighting of the day was that of an Indian mongoose dashing across the road.

Grove also set out the reasons why he thought the sighting had nothing to do with an airship.

The sighting was too brief to be sure, but it seemed to provide an omen for the actual tour.

Note that as it is in low-earth orbit the sighting details vary quite considerably across the UK.

Other methods of determining the machines orientation can be examined for applications where sighting the unit is not suitable.

On sighting a loose puck, the player was able to press the ' C ' button to activate a primitive speed boost maneuver.

The most surprising sighting was a European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis swimming past the reefs.

Mark cannot offer one tiny shred of evidence to support his alleged sighting.

The other was the second sighting of a red-backed shrike at Lower Barden reservoir on 15th June.

The null hypothesis is that not one of the available UFO reports represents a genuine sighting of an extraterrestrial spacecraft.

Many people think that ufology got off to a good start with the Arnold sighting of 1947.

Built on a high mound with steep ravines on three sides, the first sighting of this castle is truly breathtaking.

The second reason is the unique vantage point from which the sighting can take place.

She hoped that her sighting of the shooting star might portend good luck ahead.

While both have previously denied that they are dating, this latest sighting seems to be proof that they may be more than just friends.

While no one had heard of the band, the possibility of a Spears' sighting was enough to get people to buy tickets.

Throughout the history of the lore surrounding the apparition, most people have believed that a sighting of the Black Dog foretold of misfortune, death of a loved one, or the death of the person who saw the creature.

To see him once brings great joy, twice brings great sorrow, and a third sighting results in death.

Seeing a wild skunk during day is a rare sighting because these animal are known to be nocturnal, but there is the rare occasional that a skunk will come out during the day to get food.

Hand-eye coordination begins to develop between the ages of two and four months, inaugurating a period of trial-and-error practice at sighting objects and grabbing at them.

The first recorded sighting was in 1811 when fur trader David Thompson reported discovering large, strange footprints in the snow.

Over 70 years later, another sighting was reported in 1884 by a train crew in Victoria, British Columbia who spotted the animal and reported it to the Daily Colonist newspaper.

In 1924, another major sighting was reported by Albert Ostman, a Canadian lumberjack.

An Ontario, Canada sighting is documented here.

One of the first groups to investigate this paranormal sighting was local paranormal group G.H.O.U.L.I., which stands for Ghost Haunts of Oklahoma & Urban Legend Investigations.

Another Wisconsin werewolf sighting occurred on Halloween in 1991.

The following examples range from a classic tale to a mysterious creature sighting and, finally, two very modern urban legends for the computer age.

Corporal Brandon Riedel turned on his dashboard camera after sighting an unusual looking creature running down a dirt road just ahead of him.

The first reported sighting of Resurrection Mary was in the 1930s along Archer Avenue where a motorist reported seeing a young woman dressed in white.

The first sighting of the strange, seven-foot tall part moth/part human creature occurred on November 15, 1966.

The last sighting of the mothman occurred on January 11, 1967, and the Mothman was never seen again in the area.

Since the sightings stopped after the bridge collapse, and one sighting was over the bridge just before the collapse, some paranormal investigators theorize that the mothman was actually some type of psychic projection.

Night of the Comet - The whole town is celebrating the sighting of a comet that hasn't been seen in 145 years.

Their next sighting of each other is across the desk of Mr. Fitz's desk in English classroom.

A close encounter of the second kind is not a direct sighting, but some lingering evidence that perhaps an extraterrestrial has been in the vicinity.

A CE of the third kind is actual visual sighting, not just of a potential alien vehicle, but of an alien lifeform.

She reluctantly agreed following up on my sighting would be prudent and wouldn't do any harm.