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Single \Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in
simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See
{Simple}, and cf. {Singular}.]
1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting
of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
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No single man is born with a right of controlling
the opinions of all the rest. --Pope.
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2. Alone; having no companion.
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Who single hast maintained,
Against revolted multitudes, the cause
Of truth. --Milton.
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3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
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Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
--Shak.
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Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden.
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4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others;
as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
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5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single
combat.
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These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . .
Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.
--Milton.
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6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
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Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to
compound. --I. Watts.
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7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
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I speak it with a single heart. --Shak.
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8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]
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He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.
--Beau. & Fl.
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{Single ale}, {Single beer}, or {Single drink}, small ale,
etc., as contrasted with {double ale}, etc., which is
stronger. [Obs.] --Nares.

{Single bill} (Law), a written engagement, generally under
seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty.
--Burril.

{Single court} (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two
players.

{Single-cut file}. See the Note under 4th {File}.

{Single entry}. See under {Bookkeeping}.

{Single file}. See under 1st {File}.

{Single flower} (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals,
as a wild rose.

{Single knot}. See Illust. under {Knot}.

{Single whip} (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed
block.
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Single \Sin"gle\, n.
1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
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2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling
to give them firmness.
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3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; --
usually in the plural.
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5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach
first base only.
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Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Singling}.]
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a
number; to choose out from others; to separate.
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Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the
dark. --Bacon.
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His blood! she faintly screamed her mind
Still singling one from all mankind. --More.
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2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
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An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.
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3. To take alone, or one by one.
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Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
--Hooker.
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Single \Sin"gle\, v. i.
To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; -- said of a
horse. See {Single-foot}.
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Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a
disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a
pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are
raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such
horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. --W.
S. Clark.
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