/ · 1894 Brewer’s · S · Second Sight
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
The power of seeing things invisible to others; the power of foreseeing future events by means of shadows thrown before them. Many Highlanders claim this power, which the ancient Gaels called shadow-sight (taischitaraugh).
“Nor less availed his optic sleight,
And Scottish gift of second sight.”
Trumbull.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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