taking a sight

Place the compass on a table and move your watch around so it approximates to where it would be when taking a sighting.

A bee flew past, pointing away on a straight line of flight into the rocks, and he followed, taking a sight on a pinnacle of rock.

Its choking wetness closed over my head; but I came up still holding on to the girl, and taking a sight on the beach with the next flash, began to swim ashore.

He picked up the trail and rode away at a canter, making several quick changes of direction in case his follower was taking a sight at him, or circling to head him off.

Until then, mariners cornmonly sailed north or south until they reached the latitude on Caption: Taking a sight with my pencil sextant End caption: which their port of destination lay.

Laser in hand Dumarest led the way from the crevasse, climbing up to the far edge, taking a sight on the peak which rose like a rotten tooth and heading towards it; his eyes moving from side to side, every sense alert.

Taking a sight was "having a wink at the red eye", and all caused long faces until they discovered that Hill could splice with the best of them and liked nothing better than racing the topmen aloft and laying out along a yard "to get a bit o' exercise".

Mr Witherden the notary, too, regarded him with a friendly eye; and even Mr Chuckster would sometimes condescend to give him a slight nod, or to honour him with that peculiar form of recognition which is called 'taking a sight,' or to favour him with some other salute combining pleasantry with patronage.