back-sight

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• back|sight — «BAK SYT», noun. a sight or reading taken in a backward direction or to a previous station in surveying …   Useful english dictionary

• Sight & Sound Theatres — is a Christian theater company based in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, operating the Millennium Theatre and Living Waters Theatre in Strasburg, Pennsylvania.Glenn and Shirley Eshelman started Sight Sound in the summer of 1975, with a 10 week… …   Wikipedia

• Back — (b[a^]k), n. [AS. b[ae]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b[=e]g[u^] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.] 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sight|see — «SYT SEE», intransitive verb, transitive verb, saw, seen, see|ing. to go around to see objects or places of interest: »We all swam,…sailed a little, sightsaw, and constructed castles in the sand (Moira Keenan). Eight tour buses a day visit the… …   Useful english dictionary

• sight-read — verb (sight read; sight reading) Etymology: back formation from sight reader Date: 1903 transitive verb to read (as a foreign language) or perform (music) without previous preparation or study intransitive verb to read at sight; especially to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Back to the Beach — Infobox Film name = Back to the Beach caption = director = Lyndall Hobbs producer = Frank Mancuso Jr. writer = James Komach Bill L. Norton narrator = starring = Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Lori Loughlin Connie Stevens Demian Slade music =… …   Wikipedia

• back end — noun a) The rear, back, or invisible portion (of something). The back end of the operation is kept out of sight of the customers. b) that part of a hardware or software system that is farthest from the user …   Wiktionary

• sight-see — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: back formation from sight seeing : to go about seeing sights of interest …   Useful english dictionary

• back staff — an obsolete instrument for determining the altitude of the sun by facing away from the sun, sighting upon the horizon, adjusting a cursor until its shadow falls upon the sight through which the horizon appears, and measuring the resulting arc.… …   Universalium

• back staff — an obsolete instrument for determining the altitude of the sun by facing away from the sun, sighting upon the horizon, adjusting a cursor until its shadow falls upon the sight through which the horizon appears, and measuring the resulting arc.… …   Useful english dictionary

• ring and bead sight — A rudimentary gun sight in which the pilot or aimer aligns the target with a bead foresight and the correct part of the ring back sight for the required aim off …   Aviation dictionary