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.


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