sicht

To see how they live and waste here, it is a wonder the whole city does not 'bankrape, and go out o' sicht '; - flinging platefuls of what they are pleased to denominate' crusts '

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

Now wes the king cumin to the fute of the crag, and all his nobilis severit, heir and thair, fra him, at thair game and solace; quhen suddenlie apperit to his sicht the fairist hart that evir wes sene afore with levand creature.

Chronicles of the Canongate 2008

Och, but the wean outskraugh, sclentan back on the breist o his nourrice, fairlie dumbfounert he was at the sicht o his daddie that loed him, fleggit sair at the bress and the crest wi its wallopan horsehair, kelteran doun frae the tap o the bassanat, unco the sicht o't.

languagehat.com: BRAW AND WITTY. 2004

Tae gaither up the pullars, ev'ry een o 'them in sicht

The Fisherman's Wife 1992

"Ay, he's deid: maybe that's what'll be troublin 'yer sicht, daddy."

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

Na, I never richtly got sicht o 'his face, for I aye put his bit meat an' drink doon beside him whan he was sleepin '.

Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

Wher with his thretty he chargit vpon threscore of ther horsmen with culuerins, not folowed with seuen of his nomber; wha in our sicht straik v of them fra ther horse with his speir, before it brak; then he drew his swerd and ran in amang them, not caring ther continuell schutting, to the admiration of the behalders.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

The boy's prompt reply was: -- "Ye'll no catch ony fish Sir, as lang as ye dinna keep yersel 'oot o' sicht."

The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Richard Newton

The Canadians, about 1000 strong, were "a sicht for sair e'en," as the Scots would say, a hale, well-grown, muscular set of men, who evidently appreciated the magnificent reception that was accorded them, and who as evidently meant to earn laurels in the service of the great Queen Mother.

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke

"He _has_ the second sicht, my lord, but ane 'at gangs a sicht farther nor my auld daddy's."

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various