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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]