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(Encyclopedia) sight: see vision.

song

(Encyclopedia) song, relatively brief, simple vocal composition, usually a setting of a poetic text, often strophic, for accompanied solo voice. The song literature of Western music embodies two…

Brewer's: Sight

for “multitude” is not an Americanism, but good Old English. Thus, in Morte d'Arthur, the word is not unfrequently so employed; and the high-born dame, Juliana Berners, lady prioress in…

Out of Sight

Director: Steven Soderbergh Writer: Scott Frank Director of Photography: Elliot Davis Editor: Anne Coates Music: Cliff Martinez Production Designer: Gary Frutkoff…

At First Sight

Director: Irwin WinklerWriter: Steve LevittMGM; R; 128 minutesRelease:1/99Cast: Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Steven Weber, Bruce Davison Val Kilmer's hands move Mira Sorvino's…

Flatland: Of Recognition by Sight

by Edwin A. Abbott Of our Methods of Recognizing ...Concerning Irregular FiguresOf Recognition by Sight I am about to appear very inconsistent. In the previous sections I have said that…

Brewer's: Taking a Sight

Putting the right thumb to the nose and spreading the fingers out. This is done as much as to say, “Do you see any green in my eye?” “Tell that to the marines;” “Credat Judaeus, non ego.”…

Brewer's: Second Sight

The power of seeing things invisible to others; the power of foreseeing future events by means of shadows thrown before them. Many Highlanders claim this power, which the ancient Gaels…

Falcon Sense of Sight

Find information and a video about the peregrine falcon and the wedge-tailed eagle, birds of prey with exceptional eyesight for catching their prey.

Opossum: Sense of Sight

Find information and a video about the opossum's exceptional eyesight, which helps it navigate and find food at night.