| Pronunciation: | 'sItlis | ||
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| Matching Terms: | sightlessness | ||
| Definition: | [adj] lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar" | ||
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| Synonyms: | blind, eyeless, unseeing, unsighted | ||
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| Definition: | \Sight"less\, a.
1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar. --Pope.
2. That can not be seen; invisible. [Obs.]
The sightless couriers of the air. --Shak.
3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as,
sightless stains. [R.] --Shak. -- {Sight"less*ly}, adv.-
{Sight"less*ness}, n.
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