Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissight
Literary usage of Dissight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms in Use in the County by William Douglas Parish, William Francis Shaw (1888)
"The water wagtail. Generally called " Peggy Dishwasher." dissight ... Them there
tumble-down cottages are a great dissight to the street." Do [doo] vb. ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1843)
"Is it higher in appearance, so as to canse more dissight than the paddle-box of
any other steamer ?—I should say that it is. Then, if you placed your boat ..."
3. Original Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1876)
"This or that 'is a great dissight to a place ' means, is very unsightly. A desight
in the Cotswold dialect is a blemish. Distress, strain; eg ' Slacken they ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... blind. eyesore, n. dissight or desight (rare). eyelid, n. lid, palpebra (anal.);
spec. haw. eyewash, n. collyrium, ..."
5. Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828 by Basil Hall (1830)
"Indeed, were it not for the differences of fences, occasional dissight of old
stumps, or dead standing trees, and now and then ' I guess,' a person in this ..."
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