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Single
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Alone; having no companion.
(2):
(a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
(3):
(a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
(4):
(a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
(5):
(a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
(6):
(a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
(7):
(a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
(8):
(a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
(9):
(v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
(10):
(v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
(11):
(v. t.) To take alone, or one by one.
(12):
(v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
(13):
(n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.
(14):
(n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
(15):
(n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
(16):
(n.) A game with but one player on each side; - usually in the plural.
(17):
(n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Single'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/single.html. 1828.
