a. Having weak sight; also fig.
a. 1591. H. Smith, Sinner’s Convers. (1613), A 5 b. If our faith be so weake sighted that we cannot see Christ.
1606. Marston, Parasit., III. F 1. Las we are now growne old, weake sighted, alas any one fooles vs.
a. 1652. Brome, City Wit, II. ii. My Mayd is very thick of hearing, and exceeding weake sighted.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), I. 596. The weak-sighted cannot sustain thy piercing look. Ibid., 623. Nor are the views of God so narrow as to want those helps … which are necessary to weak-sighted mortals.
1833. T. Hook, Parson’s Dau., I. ii. Luckily it was getting dark, and Lovell, moreover, was somewhat weak-sighted.
Hence Weak-sightedness.
1632. Brome, Northern Lass, II. iii. I hope you will pardon my weake sightednes…. Could not your worship make your selfe knowen sooner?
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Weak-sightedness,… Asthenopia.
