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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. {Entries}. [OE. entree, entre, F.
entr['e]e, fr. entrer to enter. See {Enter}, and cf.
{Entr['e]e}.]
1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance;
ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the
entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a
river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an
entry upon an undertaking.
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2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in
writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry
of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
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A notary made an entry of this act. --Bacon.
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3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a
house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an
adit, as of a mine.
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A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.
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4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at
the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the
giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the
customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
See {Enter}, v. t., 8, and {Entrance}, n., 5.
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5. (Law)
(a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
entering or setting foot on them.
(b) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
(c) The act in addition to breaking essential to
constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill.
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{Bill of entry}. See under {Bill}.
{Double entry}, {Single entry}. See {Bookkeeping}.
{Entry clerk} (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries
of transactions in a business.
{Writ of entry} (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of
obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully
entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.
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