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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Alone; having no companion. [1913 Webster] Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. [1913 Webster] Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope. [1913 Webster] 5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. [1913 Webster] These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. [1913 Webster] Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] 7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. [1913 Webster] I speak it with a single heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Single \Sin"gle\, n. 1. A unit; one; as, to score a single. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. [1913 Webster] 3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster] 5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. --More. [1913 Webster] 2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 3. To take alone, or one by one. [1913 Webster] Men . . . commendable when they are singled. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Single \Sin"gle\, v. i. To take the irrregular gait called single-foot; -- said of a horse. See {Single-foot}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: single adj 1: being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways" [syn: {individual}, {single}] [ant: {common}] 2: used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals" [ant: {double}] 3: existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness" [ant: {multiple}] 4: not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?" [syn: {unmarried}, {single}] [ant: {married}] 5: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" [syn: {individual}, {single(a)}] 6: having uniform application; "a single legal code for all" 7: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" [syn: {single(a)}, {undivided}, {exclusive}] n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base [syn: {single}, {bingle}] 2: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: {one}, {1}, {I}, {ace}, {single}, {unity}] v 1: hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"