All 3 Uses of
descry
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Close beside it one descried the quadrilateral enclosure of the fair of SaintGermain, where the market is situated to-day; then the abbot's pillory, a pretty little round tower, well capped with a leaden cone; the brickyard was further on, and the Rue du Four, which led to the common bakehouse, and the mill on its hillock, and the lazar house, a tiny house, isolated and half seen.†
Chpt 1.3.2descried = saw
- On one side, the rotting roofs and unpaved enclosure of the Cour des Miracles could be descried.†
Chpt 1.3.2 *
- A large figure of Christ might be vaguely descried above the judges, and everywhere there were pikes and halberds, upon whose points the reflection of the candles placed tips of fire.†
Chpt 2.8.1
Definition:
catch sight of