simple past tense and past participle of sighten

plural of sightening

present participle of sighten

A colour used temporarily to enable a calico-printer to judge the pattern.

(transitive, calico-printing) To add a fugitive colour to (a paste), to enable the printer to determine whether the figures are well-printed or not.

(finance, archaic) (payable) soon after being presented

Alternative form of farsightedness

(music) To sing a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal.

Alternative form of daysight

A suburban area in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1971). / An urban area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6066).