| 释义 |
sighter|ˈsaɪtə(r)|
[f. sight v.1]
†1. Sc. An inspector. Obs.
1708in Hist. Regality of Musselburgh (1857) 22 The two present magistrates and sighters to be present at the cutting and selling.
2. In card-sharping: (see quot.).
1894Maskelyne Sharps & Flats 196 ‘Sighters’..are simply minute dots upon the faces of the cards.
3. A sighting shot in rifle or artillery shooting. Also transf. and fig.
1897Times 23 July 8/1 Black, a sighter for tie shots, made 11 [bulls] in succession. 1899Westm. Gaz. 24 July 4/3 They had..to fire three tie-shots off with a sighter allowed. 1920G. S. Gordon Let. 17 Sept. (1943) 139 You were charming about my article... Richmond, in a brief post⁓card, called the thing a ‘bull's-eye’. I call it a sighter; and some day I shall have the second shot. 1960Times 11 Apr. 3/7 An early sighter by Albaladejo gave some inkling of what was in store in the matter of dropped goals. |