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Sicht, n.¹ Also: sichte, sycht(e, sytht, syicht, sychit, sight, syght, syt(e, sich, syth, secht, seicht, seycht, seytht, seight, seich, seigth, saycht. [Early ME siht, seht (Layamon), ME and e.m.E. siȝt (1297), sight (Cursor M.), seiȝt (c1350), syght (c1425), etc., OE (ᵹe)sihð.] Sight, in various senses.

1. A thing seen; a scene or spectacle.Usu., a spectacle in some way striking or awe-inspiring.(a) 1375 Barb. xii 453.
Now I se All the mast ferlifull sycht That euir I saw a1400 Leg. S. xvi 134.
Hyr ene That oft vnleiful sichtis had sene c1420 Wynt. iv 247, etc. 1460 Hay Alex. 857.
That was ane royall wardlie sycht, To se new maid sa mony royall knycht! a1500 Henr. Bludy Serk 70.
God sen my lyfe wer fra me tone Or I had sene ȝone sicht c1475 Wall. vii 441.
The sycht with out was awfull for to se a1500 K. Hart 145.
The watcheis of the sicht wes sa effrayit Thai ran c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 207 (B).
That sair sicht me suddanly effrayit c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxxiv 35. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 430. c1552 Lynd. Mon. 174.
Me thocht it was ane sycht celestiall To sene Phebus … ascend a1578 Pitsc. II 219/30.
Thair was gret taikins seine in the firmament … with vthir terribill sichtis that the lyk was nocht sein of befoir c1590 J. Stewart 24/355.
Kyng Sacripant … Did leice his armet at this suddan sycht 1597 James VI Dæmonol. (STS) 2/27.
The woman … [cried] out vpon the suddaine in great admiration, for the vncouth sicht that she alledged to haue sene 1600 Acts IV 210/1.
I being verie agast and wonderfullie astonyed at that … sicht(b) 1513 Doug. ii vi 19.
The sylly hyrd, seand this grysly syght a1561 Norvell Meroure 6a.
This awfull sight did Moyses sore molest a1578 Pitsc. I 60/27.
Ane lamentabill sight to behald 1654 Dumfries Kirk S. 3 Aug.
Catharein Purdie … praying ane blak sight to Bessie & her bairnes a1689 Cleland 42.
For when they sit their plaids do hang by, Ye'l see from navels down each thing fy, Such sights the lasses cannot bide(c) a1586 Kamington in a1586 Maitland Geneal. Setoun 49.
Quhat subject was that that could schaw sic a syt?

b. pl. Those features of a town regarded as interesting for a visitor to see. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix 400.
We tooke a guide, and so proceeded in our sights

2. A show or display of something; passing into, a great number, a multitude. 1614 Highland P. III 162.
I wold hawe a sycht of forces wiche wolde effray tham and mowe tham to keip conditione

3. Aspect, outward appearance. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1144 (Bann.).
In glore quhair we may se the sycht of God 1513 Doug. iv vi 142.
The dyrk nycht … hydis of the erth the sycht

b. In various prep. phrases. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 201.
Than said King Arthur hym self, seymly be sight a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 10.
Haill, Riall King … to sicht rycht lycht odour c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxxxv 25.
Haile bricht be sicht in hevyn on hicht! c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxxxviii 2.
Soveraign of cities, semeliest in sight

c. transf. A discernible sign or token (of something). 1615 Fraserburgh Kirk S. 59a (23 Aug.).
[She] is ordanit … to continow wpone the stuill till farther sicht off repentance be found into hir

4. The perception of something by means of the eyes.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 5/18.
All thing maling we doune thring Be sicht of his signakle 1560 Rolland Seven S. 5068.
The sicht of gold will gar him sa inclinde To all our sawis 1560 Rolland Seven S. 7664.
Thinking richt weill that scho na way wald want Sicht of pepill, bot scho thairto wald hant 1632 Lithgow Trav. ix 397.
After so long a sight of hethnike strangers(2) 1375 Barb. iii 715.
The wawys reft thar sycht of land

b. With the subject of the of-phrase doing the seeing or perceiving. Also, with possess. adj. in place of the of-phrase.(1) 1533 Boece 267b.
That the low mycht hide the hoist fra sicht of inemyis 1596 Dalr. I 31/27.
Lyke wylde hartes … quhilkes … flie the cumpanie or syght of men(2) 1568 Anderson Collect. Mary IV ii 82.
So that thair first warning wes be sownde of trumpett and thair sycht in armes

c. fig., or in fig. (esp. religious) contexts.The idea of ‘seeing’ in the literal sense is not entirely excluded here.(1) 1456 Hay II 5/1.
To lyve out of the sicht of tribulacioun and vexacioun of the warld 1456 Hay II 5/14.
To flee the sycht and the repaire of the warld 1490 Irland Mir. I 71/2.
Oure saule … sal haue beatitude in the sicht and intwicioune of the diuinite ?c1500 Rathen Manual 28/1.
Be thai put … fra the sycht of Cristis face c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 449.
We wemen We set us all fra the syght to syle men of treuth 1551 Hamilton Cat. 175.
Infinite sall the joy be quhilk we sall have in the cleir sycht of the blissit Trinitie Arundel MS 243/173.
That thair myndis be licht in the sicht of thy godheid a1599 Rollock Wks. I 302.
That cloud of deith will cum in and cleik the sicht of Christ fra him a1599 Rollock Wks. I 324.
The reik and mist of my corruptioun … that takis the sicht of my Lord fra me(2) 1490 Irland Mir. II 37/9.
And than in that place of hell was cleir sicht & visioun of the diuinite and paradice nocht erdlie

5. A view, look, glimpse (of or on something). Also, in possess. noun phrase.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 186/35.
No mor thi pert dois fall Bot met and clacht and of the laif ane sicht 1685 Lauder Observes 145.
Ther was a litle money payed for a sight of this gladiatory joco-serious divertishment(2) c1400 Troy-bk. i 344.
Gold … so britht That it semyt a hewynnis sytht

b. All at ane (one) sicht, all at once; in one look or from one viewing point. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 483.
Seuyne score of scheildis thai schew at ane sicht a1500 Rauf C. 344.
The gentill Bischop Turpine cummand thay se, With threttie conuent of preistis reuest at ane sicht 1528 Lynd. Dreme 624.
So wer we, boith, brocht in the air, full sone, Quhare we mycht se the erth all at one sycht 1632 Lithgow Trav. vi 283.
Jerusalem … standing upon the edge of a hill, can not be seene all at one sight

c. To ask, desire, get, have, see, tine (a) sicht (of or on something or someone).(1) 1526 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 81.
Roben Jonkesone comperit and askit sycht of ane hors of blak collour arestit c1625 Lett. & St. P. Jas. VI 381.
Thay haveing tint sight of thir horsemen, throw occasioun of a little howe in the way(2) 1375 Barb. xvii 565.
Quhen athyr had on other sycht Thai pressyt on bath half to the fycht c1420 Wynt. viii 4661.
Thare dyscuverouris gat on thaim sycht(3) 15.. Clar. i 717.
In windois lay … Duchesis … and madanis to have sight(4) 1460 Hay Alex. 1699.
[Habilȝe] thocht till haue ane sicht of Tholome a1500 Henr. Orph. 209.
Off my lady help me to get a sicht! c1475 Wall. v 240.
Schyr Jhone Butler … Out fra his men of Wallace had a sicht 1549 Compl. 38/20.
Al corrupit humiditeis … thai consumit for sorrou quhen thai sau ane sycht of his goldin scheaip 1560 Rolland Seven S. 8840. 1622 Crim. Trials III 529.
The deponer … desyret ane sicht of his elwand 1699 Black Bk. Kincardineshire 91.
They got a sight of the deceased William Edmonstone elder and his three sons sitting in the kiln(b) a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 123/29.
[St. Paul] preuis be the sich quhilk he saw of our saluiour his corporall resurreccione(c) 1617 Mar & Kellie MSS Suppl. 81.
I am persuadit that your lordship is resolvit to lat us have ane seigth of France(5) 1513 Doug. iii x 1.
Skars this wes sayd, quhen sone we gat a sycht Apon ane hyll stalkand this hydduus wight

d. A viewing or inspection (of one person by another). 1521 Douglas Corr. 80.
The lordis quhilkis now hes him in keppinge … for a schawinge or a syte

e. fig. (Cf. 4 c above.) a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 846 (Asl.).
Of lyf to cum sicht we will haue nane c1500 Makc. MS x 7.
Grant ws … Of thi wisage til hef ane sycht 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 2132.
All wicht but sicht of thy [sc. Honour's] greit micht ay crynis a1599 Rollock Wks. I 324.
In the beginning of ane hour thou sall have ane sicht of Him, and agane or the half-hour be past the sicht of Him is away 1654-6 Gray Gospel-Call 2.
A sight of Christ would kindle a low of love in our heart

6. At (as to) the first sicht: a. At the first time of looking (cf. 5 b above). b. ‘At first sight’, prima facie.a. 1596 Dalr. I 7/31.
Nor lattis all sie at the first sichteb. 1456 Hay I 160/16.
As to the first sicht, it semys that [etc.]

7. A look or glance. a1568 Scott iii 18.
Be sicht or smyle lat non knaw ȝour intentis

8. The faculty or inherent ability of the eye to see. a1400 Leg. S. Prol. 70.
Longius, the knycht That of his ene had tynt the sycht a1400 Leg. S. ii 611.
With that word fel fra his ene Mirknes … And he [sc. Paul] … that sicht thane gat a1400 Leg. S. xii 382.
To blynd he gaf the sycht c1420 Ratis R. 124.
The sycht … is a wertew of gret mycht 1490 Irland Mir. I 64/14.
The bodely wittis of man … as the sycht, heryne, memore [etc.] 1492 Myll Spect. 273/28.
Lechory … spillis the sicht & ledis the person till eild a1500 Bk. Chess 203.
Thir folk that wantis sicht of e c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxxiv 45.
Quhill that nature me my sycht deny 1528 Lynd. Dreme 948.
My syster, Justice, almaist haith tynt hir sycht 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 1098.
My brycht depurit ene … On to the bak ȝe sall … present … Off natural sycht scho bene so impotent c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2691.
Seycht 1560 Rolland Seven S. 914.
The sparhalk is als swyft of flicht As the griffoun and als schairp of hir sicht 1563 Digest Justiciary Proc. D 59.
The crewell hurting … of Thomas Tennent … wnder his left eie … throw the quhilk he hes nocht perfyt sicht of his said eij 1604 Dundonald Par. Rec. 55.
He beand diseasit in sic ane maner that his sicht quhylis failed him 1659 Caithness Presb. Rec. in Old-lore Misc. III 48.
Robert Budge … delate of consulting with the louse leich, called Gradach Gun, for receiving of his sight

b. fig. Mental or spiritual vision.See also Secund sicht n. a1400 Leg. S. xxxvi 12.
Candel wes he callit … For he brocht synful to the sicht 1456 Hay II 52/34.
Be oure faith we have sight spirituale of … Goddis workis, visibilis and invisibilis a1500 Henr. Thre Deid Pollis 3.
With gaistly sicht behold oure heidis thre 1596 Dalr. I 106/27.
God saw with that scharpe sychte quhairwith he al things sies a1599 Rollock Wks. I 429.
Thir spirituall senses, quhairwith we may get ane sicht and foirtaist of thir thingis quhilk ar in Jesus Christ 1685 Sinclair Satan's Inv. World 216.
Many … are innocent, and have this sight [sc. second sight] against their will

9. The ability of the individual to perceive things by way of his or her sight. Also, to sicht.Freq., with reference to the presence or absence of light.(1) 1375 Barb. vi 52.
& for the nycht he thocht at thai Suld nocht haiff sycht to hald the way a1400 Leg. S. xxx 287.
God … to that thing has … na sycht That thocht or don is in the nycht a1400 Leg. S. xl 600.
As a lavntern he wes lycht, That in myrknes giffis men sycht 1456 Hay I 283/11.
All low and lychtnes that lemys and gevis sycht to the eyne is of the nature of colouris a1500 Rauf C. 871.
Thow art ane Sarazine, I se be my sicht c1475 Wall. viii 1016.
Awfull it was till ony mannis sicht a1500 K. Hart 333.
Ane wysar that wes payntit for the sicht ?c1500 Rathen Manual 28/2.
As the lycht of this candeill passis fra the sycht of yow sa [etc.] 1513 Doug. vi xiii 72.
Now turnys hyddir … the sight of baith thy eyn 1524 Hist. Pluscardyn 238.
To discend northest linealie be ane lyne to be ymaginit and drawin be the sycht and e 1533 Boece 442b.
In the glomyn quhen myrknes removit the sicht 1562-3 Winȝet II 27/31.
Syth a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 288 (W).
My sicht grewe dim and dark a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 399 (L).
Fuill haist ay almaist ay Ouresyllis the sycht of sumpl. 1570 Sat. P. xvii 116.
That shot our sichts hes blindit all in deid(2) c1420 Wynt. iv 1603.
Yhit war thai noucht to sicht plesand(3) fig. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1628 (Bann.).
Rycht as it is, or ony tyme salbe, Befoir the sicht of his devinite a1599 Rollock Wks. I 325.
The knawledge of faith is bot ane glimmering in respect of the other licht that is be sicht quhen thou sall see Christ

b. In (in(to)) one's sicht, before one's eyes. Also in the sicht and eyes of. Also to his sicht, = to his presence. Also fig.(1) a1400 Leg. S. iv 57.
Myraculis gret he wrocht … In sicht of hym and mony ma a1400 Leg. S. xliii 586.
He gert leid meelte in menis sycht ?1438 Alex. ii 2929.
Sic menȝe That ar sa few into my sicht c1450-2 Howlat 62 (A). a1500 Bk. Chess 598.
Planly thai laid it [sc. the corpse] in the sicht Off all the pepill that in to Rome thai fand c1500-c1512 Dunb. (STS) lxxxv 2.
Haile sterne superne … In Godis sicht to schyne! 1513 Doug. vi ii 61.
Grant me … I may … cum onto my deir faderis sight c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 55.
His lufe … durst not cum into hir sicht, Bot lyke ane houlet on the nicht 1594 Warrender P. (SHS) II 260.
There cam into the sight of thame all a blak more 1676 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 219.
The said George and his wyfe … openlie in face of the minister and in sight of the kirk … did work [sc. on the Sabbath]pl. 1513 Doug. v ix 60.
And sone betyd and in thar sychtis sprang A fellon grysly monstre and wondryng(2) c1590 Fowler II 92/29.
Having ever there uapons in there hand euen in the sight and eyes off the pape, they infebled g[r]ettumlye his greatnes(3) a1500 Bk. Chess 1235.
And than this iustice gart bring hir to his sicht(4) fig. 1568 Anderson Collect. Mary IV ii 65.
Thai thocht na thing mair godlie nor mair honorable in the sicht of the warld

c. Passing into: The eyes. a1400 Leg. S. i 572, 573.
Than Petir bad to Paul that he Suld dres his sicht vpe for to se. And he with that kist vpe the sicht And saw [etc.] a1500 Henr. Fab. 100 (Bann.).
Thy cullour dois bot comfort to the sicht and that is nocht annwch my wame to feid a1500 Henr. Fab. 1792 (Ch.).
Lift vp ȝour sicht and tak gude aduertence a1500 Seven S. 2003.
The douchter wp ane nother [sheet] tuke And held befor the burges sicht 1535 Stewart 19504.
The sone in the Romanes sicht, … Impediment it wes to thame a1585 Maitl. Q. 200/8.
I prostrat law and thus closit my sicht c1590 J. Stewart 91/413.
Trickling teirs beblubring all his sycht

10. The range or field of one's vision. Also fra, out of and in (middis of) (the) sicht (of, etc.). 1375 Barb. iii 720.
Off the wawys the weltrand hycht Wald refe thaim oft off thar sycht 1456 Hay I 42/33.
[He] vanyst fra thair sicht … on day lycht, in myddis of his company 1456 Hay I 115/18.
And als that nane pas out of sicht of the ost 1460 Hay Alex. 1566.
His helm was teit ouir mekill to the syde Till haue mair sicht 1513 Doug. ii ii 16.
In myddis of al our sycht As that drery onarmyt wyght was stad 1570 Leslie 282.
Thair arryvit in thair sight ane navie of shippis 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 25.
The borderaris … in the breaking of the day come in thair sycht a1578 Pitsc. I 270/7.
[They] marchit fordwart a lyttill in the syght of the Inglischemen 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Horizon, the circle bounding our sicht 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 191.
Scho is commonly seine in the forme of ane heir … for how soone the hair vanichis out of the sicht, scho apperis c1650 Spalding II 476.
Montrose directit sum horssmen to be still in sicht of the enemy when day licht cam

b. Outlook, view. 1533–4 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 106.
The said Jhone promittit to tak in say at the saidis Symont var nocht stoppit of seicht betuix his hall and byir 1583 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 310.
Quhilk qwarter off the said paleys … will have the maist plesand sycht of all the foure airthis 1583 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 311.
The new work off the Castell of Stirling is the maist substantious … yitt the sitwatioun thairof is nocht gwid … in respect thair can na plesand sycht be had 1682 Edinb. B. Rec. XI 57.
The complant be the nighboures at Niddries Wynd head … upon … the erecting of the stadge at that place … to the prejudice of them and ther tenants ther sight and lights of ther houses

c. Without article: In (out of) sicht. Also, producit in sicht, delivered up, made available.(1) 1375 Barb. v 444.
Sa dred he Inglis-[mennys] mycht That he durst nocht wele cum in sycht a1400 Leg. S. xxxxiii 563.
Lowand hyme that in opyne sycht For hyme had kyd sa mykil mycht c1400 Troy-bk. ii 815.
Inne sight of wycked Anthenor … Full fellounly he slew hym there c1420 Ratis R. 566.
Quhen ilke thing cumis to the lycht Than lawte fairest is in sicht c1475 Wall. v 283.
Throw strang danger thai had him ay in sycht 1531 Bell. Boece (M) II 99.
The son, moyn and sternys apperit nocht in sicht vj monethis 1566-70 Buch. Comm. on Virgil Æn. v 550.
Sese ostendat: (bring in sicht)(2) c1475 Wall. i 420.
Bot he was out off sicht c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 277.
Eschame thar of, and draw thé out of sicht 1513 Doug. ix xi 79.
So deip the grundyn steill hed owt of sycht is 1533 Bell. Livy I 41/11.
He was haistelie revist out of sicht & nevir efter sene in to this erde 1535 Stewart 32271.
Quhen tha war passit hyne behind ane hill, Far out of sicht 1560 Rolland Seven S. 5102.
And all hid geir that is put out of sicht a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1706) 281.
Out of sight, out of langer c1626 Sel. Biog. I 352.
It apeirs that ye have iudgit me by your self, ‘out of sicht out of thocht’(3) 1523 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 69.
His annuel … [is to] be producit in sycht to be apprisit and allowit sa fer as it is awaill

d. Fra (another's) sicht, out of another's presence, absent. a1500 Henr. Fab. 1965 (H).
Quhair hes thow bene this sesoun fra my sicht? c1475 Wall. iv 19.
For he na tyme suld be fra hys sicht

11. The exercise of the faculty of vision; the act of looking (at) or seeing. 1375 Barb. x 646.
And for-owt persawing or sycht Thai set thar ledder to the wall a1400 Leg. S. ii 394.
Thane lofit thai God of his gret mycht That schew it thame sa the suth be sycht 1492 Myll Spect. 275/7.
Secundus comparith the woman vnto a kokkatrys that invennomyt men with the sicht ?a1500 Steel Roy Robert 14 (M).
Fra that King Robert wyse and wicht Had hard and sein this wryt be sicht c1530-40 Stewart Bann. MS 140a/3.
Ȝone ar sowttaris be sicht Arundel MS 253/425.
Lorde, I haue synnit in my gust, in my sycht, and in my smelling a1568 Scott xiv 5.
The kocatrice keilis with hir sicht

b. Examination, inspection; supervision, oversight. Also at, be, eftir (etc.) (the) sicht of (a designated person or group of persons qualified to examine and give judgment). Also pl.In some instances, passing into: (Be, etc.) (the) authority (of).(1) 14.. Acts I 108/2.
At thai na thyng tak wythoutin sicht of the bailȝe or of thar nerrest nechtbouris be the place quhar thai pas 14.. Acts I 389/2.
Than may be askyt sycht off land for na ma may be of sonȝeis 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 170.
Na sicht of land lyis in the kingis breff or ressonabill part quhar the askar rycht nocht has 1473–4 Edinb. B. Rec. I 27.
The quhilk sallbe sufficient withouttin concur of the sicht of the maister sworne thairto 1508 Treas. Acc. IV 121.
Payit to William Dalgleisch, lorymar, for ane sicht of ane tarcat 1559 Southesk MSS 19.
Thair to remayne for thair bettir sicht and doing thair vther lesum effairis and besines c1575 Balfour Pract. 111.
Na vieu or sicht of landis hes place aganis the breif of tierce, quhair the woman … hes nathing in name of tierce 1579 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii 24.
Besyd the sycht and iudgement of doctors cherurgians and potingars 1643 E. Loth. Antiq. Soc. II 147.
Ane trew visite and sicht to be tane of the firlotts, peks [etc.](b) c1590 Fowler I 59/52.
Arnaldo Daniell … dois … Renown his natiwe countrey soyle by these thair sight and vew a1633 Hope Major Pract. II 249. 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 536.
A right sight of yourselves, and of your sin, will make you think yourselves unworthy of mercy(2) 1388 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III 294.
The … wode sall neuir be … sald … bot gif it be to thair awyn behafe and to the men of that land and be sicht of thair batheis forestaris ?14.. Ship Laws c. 15 (B).
And gyf the tuthyr man perofferys amendys to the maystyr wyth sycht of hys falows he sal be herde and tane 1452 Ayr B. Ct.
& at the howf be tane down bot twa hous al anerly be sicht of ȝow & ȝour counsel 1518 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 47.
All man … to wak all the nycht quhill daye, thair out wachis put out [as] afferis be sycht of the balyeis 1578 Murray Early B. Organ. I 126. 1597 Edinb. Test. XXX 284b.
Gif the said Gilbert hir father marie and scho nocht interteinet be sicht of freindis as of befoir [etc.](b) 1676 Edinb. B. Rec. X 265.
Thomas Robertsone … offers to repair the damheads of the Water of Leith at sight of the councill(c) 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II 359.
For mending of the kirk geir … be secht of Patrik Tod, for his contentatioun thairof(d) 1529 Yester Wr. 139.
Seytht 1588 Prot. Bk. J. Inglis 22 June.
To mak procesing of the haill guddis & gere by seycht of famous personis(3) 1389 Reg. Cambuskenneth 260.
Of the eting of his part of the medo … the said abbot sall assyth for the thrid part … eftir the sicht of thame that kennit it 14.. Burgh Laws c. 55 (A).
Ilk buchour … sall sell efter the custome of the toune & sycht of the gude mene of the toune 14.. Burgh Laws c. 77 (A).
I am redy till amende thru the sicht of gude mene 1473–4 Edinb. B. Rec. I 27.
They sall make ane peis of sufficient wark at the sicht of the maisteris 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I 255. 1523–4 Stirling B. Rec. I 18.
Syicht 1533 Wigtown B. Ct. 288a.
To the said Jame fore the carreach of that vyne ouit of the Iill of Quhitarne at his avyne sychit 1536 Murray Lyon Hist. Lodge Edinb. 37.
The said preinteis to be ressavit at the sicht of the maisteris of werkis that he be nocht ane small child 1551–2 Reg. Privy C. I 122.
Giff ye can aggre … that the samyn be done be the sicht and estimatioun of eee, it is best c1575 Balfour Pract. 25. 1586 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 57.
The saidis myllaris sall pay to the awneris of the corneis … thair skaithe … at the sycht and modeficatioun of tua honest men 1604 Aberd. Council Lett. I 98.
As salbe fundin neidful at the sycht of the burgh of Edinburgh c1616 Misc. Spald. C. II 1ix.
At the sicht and conclusione of my Lord Archbishop of Sanct Androis, the Bischop of Murray, [etc.](b) 1585–6 Glasgow Burgesses 16.
[Andrew Symmer] hes promised to mak twa rude of calsay, gratis, at the sight of the master of work 1587 Bk. Univ. Kirk II 697.
Mr. George Ȝoung presentit to the sight of the kirk fyve volumnes of thair Actis, quherof a great part being mankit(c) 1496 Rec. Earld. Orkney 74.
I the said lawman hes sene and understandin, with the secht of gudmen, that the said mill is onlawchfull bigit(d) 1498 Montgomery Mem. 53.
To gyf coniunctfeftment conformand to the tochir, at the seicht of my Lord of Argyill 1499 Reg. Cupar A. I 255.
He sal be punysh at the seycht of ws and our successouris 1509 Rec. Earld. Orkney 84.
And be the seicht, understanding, and uter determination of the said persons abouinwritting 1509 Reg. Episc. Glasg. II 522.
Ane merk yeirlye to be giffin to the mendyng of the said place … to be warit yeirly apone thaim at the seycht of the Deyne of Faculte of Glasgwe 1531–2 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 119.
Efter the seycht and decreit 1545 Thanes of Cawdor 168.
Gif ony of thame … refusis to abyid at the seycht and delywerans of the remanent of the saidis personis 1588 Grant Chart. 170.
He sall satisfie and content the saidis Cristin and Findlay … be the seycht of freindis, and that betuix this and Ȝewll nixt to cum(e) 1688 Galloway P. n.d.
[He is] to leave the housses in als good caise as they shall be found att his entrie … at the seight off foure honest men(f) 1458 Perth Guildry 33.
Seich(g) 1523 Aberd. B. Rec. I 106.
To cause be bocht be the saycht of William Cristell … ane pece of artellery of brasspl. 1525 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 77.
Preiffet at the seychtes of James Braidfut and Jhone Crawe 1558-66 Knox I 419.
At youre awin sychtis sche will sett fordwart that caus at hir power

c. The (initial) viewing or perception of a thing; esp. the viewing, and hence reading and comprehension of a document.(1) 1596 Dalr. I 313/9.
The kingis capitane was sa hartles at the sycht of sik a multitude, that he schrinket, and stude(2) 1479 Sc. Ant. XV 142.
This yhe [are to] dow but delay efter the sycht of this our letteres 1561 Reg. Privy C. I 180.
Maister Clement Litill … desirit the sicht of the saidis ansueris 1565 Reg. Privy C. I 341.
Upoun the thrid day nixt eftir the resset and sycht heirof 1574 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 22.
The thesaurer [to] pay him his expens … vpoun sycht [pr. syt] of his compt 1579–80 Conv. Burghs I 94.
For sycht of the custome buikis at twa syndrie tymes 1580 Facs. Nat. MSS III lxix.
That ye incontinent efter the sycht heirof [sc. pictures] ansuer our louit seruitour 1645 Aberd. B. Rec. IV 52. 1671 Rothesay B. Rec. 200.
To meit with the clark on Fryday nixt and tak a sicht of the townis papers and dischargis(b) 1556 Edinb. B. Rec. II 252.
We chairge you that incontinent efter the seicht herof [sc. a letter] ye deligentlie inquire serche [etc.](c) 1641-8 Skipper's Acc. (Smettone) 23.
For the sight of the coket 1 li. 12 s. 1671 Edinb. B. Rec. X 112.
The deacones … [to] gett a sight of the proces befor the nixt Secreit Councill day 1702 Banff Ann. I 173.
To roup the weiklie newes letters for ane year to come and each persone to pey for the sight therof ane penny(d) 1662 Rec. Old Tolbooth in Bk. Old Edinb. C. V 98.
Seight(e) 1558 Perth Convener Ct. Bk. 20.
Thairefoir we charge ȝow incontinent efter the syth heirof that ȝe pas to the mercate croce [etc.]

12. Judgment, opinion; regard to, concern for (something).(1) ?1438 Alex. ii 5566.
This vow is gentill to my sicht c1420 Ratis R. 77.
Trow weill, my sone, he dois bot rycht How-euir men think that in thar sicht 1456 Hay II 27/24.
Thus suld a knycht have gude sicht to the miserable personis a1500 Rauf C. 742.
‘For he hes seruit that,’ thay said, ‘be our sicht’ 1549 Compl. 9/30.
Quhou beit that he aperit sum tyme in the sycht of the vulgaris to be ydil & solitair a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 134/8.
The sammyne doctrine is plaine and manifestlye set furth be the sicht of the most speciall ennimeys of the kirk of God in thir days 1567 G. Ball. 33.
The paine, that is now present, schort and licht, And lestis but a moment in our sicht c1568 Skeyne in c1568 Lauder Minor P. p. xiii.
Euerie ane is becum sa detestable to vther … and speciallie the pure in sicht of the riche 1587-99 Hume 18/42.
Sic passions falls not in the Lord but in His sicht ar vaine a1599 Rollock Wks. I 365.
In the sicht of thir I am wise, and in thair audience I speik wisdome 1626 Justiciary Cases I 53.
The abhominable and vyle syn of incest being sa detestable in the sicht of our omnipotent and almytie God(b) 1533 Gau 51/24.
His first cuming heir in this vardil wesz lichtlit in the seicht of men(2) 1531 Bell. Boece I cx.
All kingis gif thay have ony sicht To lang empire or honour singulare 1531 Bell. Boece II 102.
He had nothir reverence to God, nor sicht to the commoun weil 1533 Bell. Livy I 151/22.
Becaus thow, nobil prince, has sa grete sicht to vertew [L. est apud te virtuti honos] 1533 Bell. Livy II 255 (BM).
Sen thow hes na sicht to thi cuntre nor ȝit to thi brethir quik or deid 1622-6 Bisset II 170/16.
Ethus … haifand mair delyte and sicht to his lust and vicius lyfe than cair of his commoun wealth

b. Awareness, realisation (of something). 1628 Fraserburgh Kirk S. II 9 April.
That scho may be broicht to the sicht of hir sin and to repentance

13. The visor of a helmet. 1460 Hay Alex. 1569.
In at the sicht the speris point he bare 1460 Hay Alex. 1922.
[Alexander] Gaue him ane straik sidlingis, endlangis the sycht 1508 Treas. Acc. IV 122.
For grathing of the gilt ermyt … and for making of ane new sicht to it