Single-handed
(Sin"gle-hand"ed) a. Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
Single-hearted
(Sin"gle-heart"ed) a. Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. — Sin"gle- heart"ed*ly,
adv.
Single-minded
(Sin"gle-mind"ed) a. Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
Singleness
(Sin"gle*ness), n.
1. The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication,
or multiplicity.
2. Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as,
singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.
Singles
(Sin"gles) n. pl. See Single, n., 2.
Singlestick
(Sin"gle*stick`) n. (a) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
(b) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is
pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
Singlet
(Sin"glet) n. An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; — opposed to doublet. [Prov.
Eng.]
Singleton
(Sin"gle*ton) n. In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal
by a player; as, to lead a singleton.
Singletree
(Sin"gle*tree`) n. [Cf. Swingletree.] The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a
harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.
Singly
(Sin"gly) adv.
1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good.
2. Only; by one's self; alone.
Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man.
Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly.
At omber singly to decide their doom.
Pope. 4. Honestly; sincerely; simply. [R.] Johnson.
5. Singularly; peculiarly. [Obs.] Milton.
