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Definition of Sightless
1. Adjective. Lacking sight. "Blind as an eyeless beggar"
Similar to: Blind, Unsighted
Derivative terms: Eyelessness, Sightlessness
Definition of Sightless
1. a. Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
Definition of Sightless
1. Adjective. Without sight; blind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sightless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sightless
Literary usage of Sightless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Table Book by William Hone (1827)
"sightless, and gently led her unseen round. She daily creeps, ami draws a soothing
... They who are not pierced by her " sightless eye-balls " have no sight ..."
2. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... carried out—Randolph's Tribute on this subject—sightless Cyclops in the
ascendant, and Wise Ulysses grumbling among elderly Ladies and writing History. ..."
3. Memorials of Dixie-land: Orations, Essays, Sketches, and Poems on Topics by Lucian Lamar Knight (1919)
"Nor is it due alone to the pathetic infirmity which envelopes him in physical
darkness. For back of the sightless orbs an ..."
4. Typical Newspaper Stories by Harry Franklin Harrington (1915)
"AN EAGER FACE, sightless EYES, A HEROIC VOICE AND A SMILE —THAT'S MISS KELLER An
eager face; sightless eyes that seem to be looking for something; ..."
5. The Mentor (1891)
"SIGHT AND sightless DRAUGHTS-PLAYING. V. (Concluded,} CHANGING THE MOVE.
"A BLOCK" (as referred to in our last number) maybe effected as follows : "9-13, ..."
6. Searchlights on Some American Industries by James Cooke Mills (1911)
"IX sightless WORKERS THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BLIND THE MICHIGAN EMPLOYMENT
INSTITUTION FOR ... Great progress is being made in teaching sightless persons, ..."
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