Sigalphus 
species are known in Europe, and six In North America. 
S. curculionii of the United States is a common p*mtte 
Sifralphtis ctirculionis. 
a, male, dorsal view ; h, female, side view ; r, antenna, greatly en- 
larged. (Hair-lines indicate natural sizes of ti and b.) 
of the destructive plnm-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar. 
The European species are parasitic upon bark-boring 
beetles and leaf-mining larva;. 
Siganidae (si-gan'i-de;, n. pi. [NL., < 8igaut 
+ -idle.'] A family of teuthidoid aeanthopte- 
rygian fishes, represented by the genus Siganus. 
They have the abdominal (vertebral) about as long as the 
caudal region ; the rayed parts of the dorsal and anal li MS 
subequal and shorter than the spinous parts ; the ventrals 
f the SiganMx. 
each with two marginal (external and internal) spines, be- 
tween which intervene three rays ; the head with its ros- 
tral section moderate ; and no epipleurals. They are also 
remarkable for the constancy of the number of rays, the 
dorsal having thirteen spines and ten rays, and the anal 
seven spines and nine rays. About 40 species are known, all 
confined to the Indo- Pacific oceans, as Siganus striolatus. 
siganoid (sig'a-noid), a. and n. [< Siganus + 
-aid.} I. a. Of or pertaining to the fiigaiiidee. 
II. H. A fish of the family fiigaiiidte. 
Siganus (sig'a-nus), n. [NL., < Ar. sidjan.'] 
In icJitlt., the typical genus of Siganidx. See 
cut under Siganidse. 
sigaret (sig'a-ret), n. A gastropod of the genus 
Sigaretus. 
Sigaretidse (sig-a-ret'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Siga- 
retus + -irfff.] A family of pectinibranchiate 
gastropods, united by modern conchologists 
with Naticidee. Also Sigaretx-, Sigaretca, ftiga- 
reti, and Sigaretina. 
Sigaretus (sig-a-re'tus), n. [NL. (Adanson, 
1(57), < sigaret, name of a shell.] In concli., 
Sifarctus (ffatieitia) papilla. Sigartttu haliotoidts. 
the typical genus of Siyarctidie. Cuvier, 1799. 
Sigaultian (si-gal'ti-an), a. [<. Sigaitlt (see 
def .) + -i-flH.] Pertaining to Sigault, a French 
surgeon Sigaultian section or operation, sym- 
physeotomy. 
sigget, f. A Middle English form of .wi/l. 
Sigger (sig'er), v. i. [A freq. of i</l.] To trickle 
through a cranny or crevice; ooze as into a 
mine; leak. [Prov. Eng.] 
Sigh 1 (si), v. [< ME. sighen, syghen, sigeii (pret. 
aigede, sighede, sighte, syghte, sicht), var. of siken, 
syken (pret. sikede, sykedc, syked), < AS. sican, 
si/can (pret. *sac, pp. *sicen); cf. freq. sicetan, 
sicettan, siccettan, siceitan, sigh, sob (> ME. 
*sihten, sigh, siht, a sigh) ; Sw. siiclca = Dan. 
sukke, sigh, groan ; prob. ult. imitative.] !.?'- 
trans. 1. To heave or draw a sigh (see sigh, n.) ; 
'make an audible inspiration and expiration in- 
dicative of some emotion ; make an expressive 
respiratory sound : as, to sigh with grief or dis- 
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appointment, or (less commonly) from satis- 
faction or the sense of relief. 
& sche, sore sikitvj, seide that sche wold, 
Sche hoped, thtirth goddes grace. 
William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5209. 
Therwithul she sore ffiffhtc, 
And he bigan to glad hire as he mighte. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1217. 
From out her heart she frigfted, as she must read 
Of folk unholpen in their utmost need. 
Watam Morris, Earthly 1'aradise, III. 110. 
Hence 2. To experience an oppressive mental 
sensation ; yearn or long, as from a special ac- 
cess of emotion or desire: often with for: as, 
to sigh fur the good old times. 
He sighed deeply In his spirit. Mark vlii. 12. 
Sighing o'er his bitter fruit 
For Eden's drupes of gold. 
n'hittier, Lay of Old Time. 
It was not indeed ever to become such a definitely pre- 
sentable rule of life us we often sigh for. 
T. H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, 263. 
3. To make a sound resembling or suggestive 
of a sigh ; sound with gentle or subdued mourn- 
fulness : said of things, especially the wind and 
its effects. 
Nothing was audible except the sighing of the wind. 
J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxxii. 
II. trans. To emit, use, or act upon or in re- 
gard to with sighs or in sighing ; utter, express, 
lament, etc., with sighing utterance or feeling: 
used poetically with much latitude : as, to sigh 
out one's love, pleasure, or grief. 
I lov'd the maid I married ; never man 
Sii/h'd truer breath. Shale., Cor., iv. 6. 121. 
I approach'd the ass, 
And straight he weeps, and sighs some sonnet out 
To his fair love. Marston, Satires, iii. 63. 
Ages to come, and lien unborn, 
Shall bless her Name, and sigh her Fate. 
Prior, Ode presented to the King (1695), st 3. 
sigh 1 (si), n. [< ME. sygli, var. of sikc, sik (cf. 
Sw. suck = Dan. silk); < sigh 1 , !>.] A sudden 
involuntary deep-drawn inspiration of breath, 
followed by its more or less audible expiration, 
usually expressive of some emotion or sensa- 
tion: as, a sigh of grief, chagrin, relief, plea- 
sure, or fatigue. 
Withinne the temple, of sykes hot as fyr 
I lirrili' a swow that gan aboute renne. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 246. 
My sighs are many, and my heart is faint. Lam. i. 22. 
She sighed a siyh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup 
of happiness were now full. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre. xvii. 
sigh-, '. See s/fl. 
sigh ;i t. A Middle English preterit of see 1 . 
sigher (si'er), . [< sigh 1 + -cr 1 .] One who 
sighs. 
I could wish myself a sigh to be so chid, or at least a 
sigher to be comforted. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, ii. 1. 
Sighful (si'ful), a. [< xiglil, n., + -/?.] Full of 
or causing sighs; mournful. [Rare.] 
And, in a Cane hard-by, he roareth out 
A sigh-full Song. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, II., The Trophies. 
sighingly (si'ing-li), adv. With sighing. 
sight 1 (sit), n. [Early mod. E. also sometimes 
site; < ME. sight, sighte, syglite, silitt, syhtc, 
siht, sihthe, earlier with a prefix, isiht, < AS. 
gesihth, gesiehth, gesyhlh (= OS. gcsiht = }HD. 
f/esicht, D. gezigi = MLG. gesichte, sichte = 
OHG. gesiht, gisiht, MHO. gesiht, gcsihte, ge- 
sichte, G. gesicht, also MHG. siht, G. sicht = 
Sw. Dan. sigte), sight, vision, a thing seen, as- 
pect, respect ; with formative -tit, later -t, < se6n 
(pret. seah, pp. gcsegen), see: seescf 1 .] 1. The 
power of seeing; the faculty of vision; ability 
to perceive objects by means of the eyes: com- 
monly reckoned the first of the five senses. 
Extent of the power of seeing is expressed by the phrases 
long or (better) far sight, and short or (better) near sight 
(in physiology, technically, hypermetropic or presbyopia 
vision and myopic vision, respectively). Formerly, but 
not now, used in the plural with reference to more than 
one subject. 
Grete and huge was the duste that a roos, that troubled 
sore their sightes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 398. 
Why cloud they [the eyes of heaven] not their sights per- 
petually, 
If this be true, which makes me pale to read it? 
SAa*., Pericles, i. 1. 74. 
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain ! 
Maton, S. A., 1. 67. 
2. A seeing or looking; a vision or view ; vis- 
ual perception or inspection : with or without 
an article : as, to get a sight, or catch or lose 
sight, of an object; at first sight; a cheerful 
sight; to get out of one's sight. 
That blisful sight softneth al my sorwe. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 50. 
sight 
A cloud received him out of their tight. Acts i. 9. 
She with her nurse, her husband, and child, 
111 pi',,] ;n ];!-, t liri I' M(/M\ Ill-^nild. 
Dutchessof Suffolk's Calamity (Child's Hallads, VII. 300). 
A sight of you, Mr. Harding, is good for sore eyes. 
Trotlope, Jtai-cllt-stei- Towers, xii. 
3. Scope of vision; limit of visual perception : 
seeing-distanee; range of the eyes; open view: 
as, to put something out of night. 
Contrariwise, in the Plaines [of Peru], iust by in site, 
they haue their summer from October to Aprill, the rest 
their Winter. Purchae, Pilgrimage, p. 874. 
4. Gaze; look; view; visual attention or re- 
gard : as, to fix one's sight upon a distant land- 
mark. 
From the depth of hell they lift their sight, 
And at a distance see supe/lor light. 
Dryden. (Johnson.) 
He many Empires pass'd ; 
When fair Britannia flx'd his Sight at last, 
Congreve, Birth of the Muse. 
Hence 5. Mental regard or consideration; 
estimation; judgment; way of looking upon 
or thinking about a subject; point of view. 
Let my life ... be precious in thy sight. 2 Ki. I. 18. 
Thou hast made our false Prophets to be found n lie in 
the sight of all the people. 
Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 
6. The state of being seen ; visual presence; a 
coming into view or within the range of vision : 
as, to know a person by or at sight; to honor 
a draft on sight. 
But you, faire Sir, whose honourable sight 
Doth promise hope of helpe and timely grace, 
Mote I beseech to succour his sad plight? 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vlii. 25. 
This is the place appointed for our meeting, 
Yet comes she [not] ; I'm covetous of her sight. 
Middleton, More Dissemblers besides Women, Iv. 1. 
7. An insight ; an opportunity for seeing or 
stxidying, as something to be learned. 
I gave my time for nothing on condition of his giving me 
a sight into his business. 
H. Brooke, Fool of Quality, I. 385. (Davies.) 
Hence 8. An opportunity for doing some- 
thing; an opening; a chance; a "show": as. 
he has no sight against his opponent. [Cplloq.] 
9f. Look; aspect; manner of appearing. 
She sit in halle with a sorweful sighte. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1882. 
10. Something seen or to be seen ; a spectacle ; 
a show; used absolutely, a striking spectacle; 
a gazing-stock ; something adapted to attract 
the eyes or fix attention : as, the sights of a 
town; he was a sight to behold. 
Het was a god seyt to se. 
Robin Hood and the Potter (Child's Ballads, V. 20) 
Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great 
sight, why the bush is not burnt. Ex. iii. 3. 
It was not very easy to our primitive friends to make 
themselves sights and spectacles, and the scorn and deri- 
sion of the world. Ptrm, Rise and Progress of Quakers, ii. 
Hence 11. A number or quantity wonderful 
to see or contemplate ; a surprising multitude 
or multiplicity presented to view or attention ; 
a great many, or a great deal : as, what a sight 
of people! it must have taken a sight of work 
(to accomplish something). [Colloq.] 
Where is so great a strength of money, i. where is so 
huge a syght of mony. 
Palsgrave, Acolastus(1540). (Hallimll.) 
Juliana Bernera, lady-prioress of the nunnery of Sopwell 
in the fifteenth century, informs us that in her time "a 
bomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for *' a 
large company of friars." 
G. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., 1st ser., viii. 
12. An aid to seeing. Specifically (a) pi. The eyes ; 
spectacles. [Old orprov. Eng.] 
Bought me two new pair of spectacles of Turlington ; 
. . . his daughter, he being out of the way, do advise me 
two very young sights, and that that will help me most. 
Pepys, Diary, III. 279. 
(6) An aperture through which to look : in old armor, a 
perforation for the eye through the helmet; now, espe- 
cially, a small piece (generally one of two pieces in line) 
with an aperture, either vacant(plain)orcontainingalens 
(telescopic), on a surveying or other instrument, for aid 
in bringing an object observed into exact line with the 
point of observation : as, the sights of a quadrant or a 
compass. 
Their beavers down, 
Their eyes of fire sparkling through sights of steel. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 121. 
(c) A device for directing the aim of a firearm, the most 
common sort being a metal pin set on top of the barrel 
near the muzzle. There are often two, one near the muz- 
zle and the other at the breech, the latter having a notch 
or hole through which the former is seen when the gun is 
pointed : in this case they are called fore-sight or front 
sight, and hind-sight or breech-fight. Firearms intended for 
long range are fit ted with sights marked for different eleva- 
tions, or adjustable, by the use of which the aim can be 
taken for distances of several hundred yards. See beaA- 
sight, peep-sight, and cuts under revolver and gun. 
