2. Coin made of silver; silver money.
3. Anything having the luster or appearance of silver.
4. The color of silver.
Note: Silver is used in the formation of many compounds of obvious meaning; as, silver-armed, silver-bright, silver-buskined, silver- coated, silver-footed, silver-haired, silver-headed, silver-mantled, silver-plated, silver-slippered, silver-sounding, silver-studded, silver-tongued, silver-white. See Silver, a. Black silver (Min.), stephanite; — called also brittle silver ore, or brittle silver glance. — Fulminating silver. (Chem.) (a) A black crystalline substance, Ag2O.(NH3)2, obtained by dissolving silver oxide in aqua ammonia. When dry it explodes violently on the slightest percussion. (b) Silver fulminate, a white crystalline substance, Ag2C2N2O2, obtained by adding alcohol to a solution of silver nitrate. When dry it is violently explosive. — German silver. (Chem.) See under German. — Gray silver. (Min.) See Freieslebenite. — Horn silver. (Min.) See Cerargyrite. — King's silver. (O. Eng. Law) See Postfine. — Red silver, or Ruby silver. (Min.) See Proustite, and Pyrargyrite. — Silver beater, one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil. — Silver glance, or Vitreous silver. (Min.) See Argentine.
SILVERSil"ver, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.
2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." Shak. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. Milton.
(b) Precious; costly. (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver voices." Spenser. (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." Spenser. American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under Balsam. — Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, — the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called. — Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree (Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree. — Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant (Anthyllis Barba- Jovis) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage. — Silver chub (Zoöl.), the fallfish. — Silver eel. (Zoöl.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel. — Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. — Silver foil, foil made of silver. — Silver fox (Zoöl.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also black fox, and silver-gray fox. — Silver gar. (Zoöl.) See Billfish (a) — Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc. — Silver grebe (Zoöl.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under Diver. — Silver hake (Zoöl.), the American whiting. — Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin. — Silver lunge (Zoöl.), the namaycush. — Silver moonfish.(Zoöl.) See Moonfish (b). — Silver moth (Zoöl.), a lepisma. — Silver owl (Zoöl.), the barn owl. — Silver perch (Zoöl.), the mademoiselle, 2. — Silver pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species (E. nychtemerus) is native of China. — Silver plate, domestic utensils made of silver. — Silver plover (Zoöl.), the knot. — Silver salmon (Zoöl.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon. — Silver shell (Zoöl.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia. See Anomia. — Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small proportion of silver. — Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.] Thackeray. — Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree (Leucadendron argenteum) with long, silvery, silky leaves. — Silver trout, (Zoöl.) See Trout. — Silver wedding. See under Wedding. — Silver whiting (Zoöl.), a marine sciænoid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; — called also surf whiting. — Silver witch (Zoöl.), A lepisma.
SILVERSil"ver, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silvered; p. pr. & vb. n. Silvering.]
1. To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
2. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver. And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep. Pope.
3. To make hoary, or white, like silver. His head was silvered o'er with age. Gay.
SILVERSil"ver, v. i.
Defn: To acquire a silvery color. [R.]The eastern sky began to silver and shine. L. Wallace.
SILVERBACKSil"ver*back`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The knot.
SILVERBERRYSil"ver*ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A tree or shrub (Elæagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. Gray.
SILVERBILLSil"ver*bill`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica ofIndia, and M. cantans of Africa.
SILVERBOOMSil"ver*boom`, n. Etym: [D. zilver silver + boom tree.] (Bot.)
Defn: See Leucadendron.
SILVER CERTIFICATESil"ver cer*tif"i*cate.
Defn: A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to the bearer on demand. In the United States and its possessions, it is issued against the deposit of silver coin, and is not legal tender, but is receivable for customs, taxes, and all public dues.
SILVERFINSil"ver*fin`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (NotropisWhipplei).
SILVERFISH Sil"ver*fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish. Lepisma saccharina, which may infest houses, and eats starched clothing and sized papers. See Lepisma.
SILVER-GRAYSil"ver-gray`, a.
Defn: Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
SILVERINESSSil"ver*i*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being silvery.
SILVERINGSil"ver*ing, n. (Metal.)
Defn: The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum.
SILVERITESil"ver*ite, n.
Defn: One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; — so called by those who favor the gold standard. [Colloq. or Cant]
SILVERIZESil"ver*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silverized; p. pr. & vb. n.Silverizing.]
Defn: To cover with silver.
SILVERLESSSil"ver*less, a.
Defn: Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. PiersPlowman.
SILVERLINGSil"ver*ling, n.
Defn: A small silver coin. [Obs.]A thousand vines at a thousand silverings. Isa. vii. 23.
SILVERLYSil"ver*ly, adv.
Defn: Like silver in appearance or in sound. Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. Shak.
SILVERNSil"vern, a. Etym: [AS. seolfern, sylfren.]
Defn: Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24).Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.
SILVERSIDESSil"ver*sides`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker. Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides.
SILVERSMITHSil"ver*smith`, n.
Defn: One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.
SILVERSPOTSil"ver*spot`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite.
SILVER STATESilver State.
Defn: Nevada; — a nickname alluding to its silver mines.
SILVERWARESil"ver*ware`, n.
Defn: Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
SILVERWEEDSil"ver*weed`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.
SILVERYSil"ver*y, a.
1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright. All the enameled race, whose silvery wing Waves to the tepid zephyrs of the spring. Pope.
2. Besprinkled or covered with silver.
3. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound; as, silvery voices; a silvery laugh. Silvery iron (Metal.), a peculiar light-gray fine-grained cast iron, usually obtained from clay iron ore.
SILVICSSil"vics, n.
1. The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.
2. Habit or behavior of a forest tree.
SILVICULTURESil"vi*cul`ture, n. Etym: [Cf. F. silviculture.]
Defn: See Sylviculture.
SIMASi"ma, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A cyma.
SIMAGRESim"a*gre, n. Etym: [F. simagrée.]
Defn: A grimace. [Obs.] Dryden.
SIMARSi*mar", n. Etym: [F. simarre. See Chimere.]
Defn: A woman's long dress or robe; also light covering; a scarf.[Written also cimar, cymar, samare, simare.]
SIMARRESi`marre". Etym: [F.]
Defn: See Simar. Sir W. Scott.
SIMBLOTSim"blot, n. Etym: [F. simbleau.]
Defn: The harness of a drawloom.
SIMIASim"i*a, n. Etym: [L., an ape; cf. simus flatnosed, snub-nosed, Gr.(Zoöl.)
Defn: A Linnæan genus of Quadrumana which included the types of numerous modern genera. By modern writers it is usually restricted to the genus which includes the orang-outang.
SIMIALSim"i*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Simian; apelike.
SIMIANSim"i*an, a. Etym: [L. simia an ape.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the family Simiadæ, which, in its widest sense, includes all the Old World apes and monkeys; also, apelike. — n.
Defn: Any Old World monkey or ape.
SIMILARSim"i*lar, a. Etym: [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. SeeSame, a., and cf. Simulate.]
1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like.
2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] Boyle. Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. — Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. — Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another.
SIMILARSim"i*lar, n.
Defn: That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
SIMILARITYSim`i*lar"i*ty, n.; pl. -ties. Etym: [Cf. F. similarité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. Sir W. Hamilton.
SIMILARLYSim"i*lar*ly, adv.
Defn: In a similar manner.
SIMILARYSim"i*lar*y, a.
Defn: Similar. [Obs.]Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South.
SIMILATIVESim"i*la*tive, a.
Defn: Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. [R.] In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple. [past participle], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc. New English Dict.
SIMILESimi"*le, n.; pl. Similes. Etym: [L., from similis. See Similar.](Rhet.)
Defn: A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or moreof its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical orimaginative comparison.A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak.
SIMILITERSi*mil"i*ter, n. Etym: [L., in like manner.] (Law)
Defn: The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; — called sometimes a joinder in issue.
SIMILITUDE Si*mil"i*tude, n. Etym: [F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar.]
1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. Chaucer. Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude. Milton. If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine. Pope.
2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. Dryden.
3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. Man should wed his similitude. Chaucer.
SIMILITUDINARYSi*mil`i*tu"di*na*ry, a.
Defn: Involving or expressing similitude. [Obs.] Coke.
SIMILIZESim"i*lize, v. t.
Defn: To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act.Lowell.
SIMILOR Sim"i*lor, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. similus similar + F. or gold, L. aurum. Cf. Semilor.]
Defn: An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a golden color. Ure.
SIMIOUSSim"i*ous, a.Etym: [L. simia an ape.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Simian.That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others.Sydney Smith.
SIMITARSim"i*tar, n.
Defn: See Scimiter.
SIMMERSim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simmering.]Etym: [Prov. E. also simper; — an onomatopoetic word.]
Defn: To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.Palsgrave.
SIMMERSim"mer, v. t.
Defn: To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
SIMNELSim"nel, n. Etym: [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL.simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf.Semolina.]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. Fuller.
2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.
SIMONIACSi*mo"ni*ac, n. Etym: [LL. simoniacus. See Simony.]
Defn: One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church. Ayliffe.
SIMONIACALSim`o*ni"a*cal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to simony; guilty of simony; consisting ofsimony.— Sim"o*ni`a*cal*ly, adv.The flagitious profligacy of their lives, and the simoniacal arts bywhich they grasped at the popedom. J. S. Harford.
SIMONIALSi*mo"ni*al, a.
Defn: Simoniacal. [Obs.]
SIMONIANSi*mo"ni*an, n.Etym: [See Simony.]
Defn: One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church.
SIMONIOUSSi*mo"ni*ous, a.
Defn: Simoniacal. [Obs.] Milton.
SIMONISTSim"o*nist, n.
Defn: One who practices simony.
SIMON-PURESi"mon-pure", a.
Defn: Genuine; true; real; authentic; — a term alluding to the comedy character Simon Pure, who is impersonated by another and is obliged to prove himself to be the "real Simon Pure."
SIMONY Sim"o*ny, n. Etym: [F. simonie, LL. simonia, fr. Simon Magus, who wished to purchase the power of conferring the Holy Spirit. Acts viii.]
Defn: The crime of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferment; the corrupt presentation of any one to an ecclesiastical benefice for money or reward. Piers Plowman.
SIMOOM; SIMOONSi*moom", Si*moon", n. Etym: [Ar. sam, fr. samma to poison. Cf.Samiel.]
Defn: A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains.
SIMOUSSi"mous, a.Etym: [L. simus, Gr.
Defn: Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up.
SIMPAISim"pai, n.Etym: [Malay simpei.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A long-tailed monkey (Semnopitchecus melalophus) native ofSumatra. It has a crest of black hair. The forehead and cheeks arefawn color, the upper parts tawny and red, the under parts white.Called also black-crested monkey, and sinpæ.
SIMPER Sim"per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simpered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simpering.] Etym: [Cf. Norw. semper fine, smart, dial. Dan. semper, simper, affected, coy, prudish, OSw. semper one who affectedly refrains from eating, Sw. sipp finical, prim, LG. sipp.]
1. To smile in a silly, affected, or conceited manner. Behold yond simpering dame. Shak. With a made countenance about her mouth, between simpering and smiling. ir. P. Sidney.
2. To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.] Yet can I mark how stars above Simper and shine. Herbert.
SIMPERSim"per, n.
Defn: A constrained, self-conscious smile; an affected, silly smile;a smirk.The conscious simper, and the jealous leer. Pope.
SIMPERERSim"per*er, n.
Defn: One who simpers. Sir W. Scott.A simperer that a court affords. T. Nevile.
SIMPERINGSim"per*ing, a. &. n.
Defn: from Simper, v.
SIMPERINGLYSim"per*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a simpering manner.
SIMPLE Sim"ple, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] Etym: [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.]
1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. "Simple truth." Spenser. "His simple story." Burns.
3. Mere; not other than; being only. A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin. Shak.
4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning;sincere; true.Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and Itrust them. Marston.Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue Byron.To be simple is to be great. Emerson.
5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. In simple manners all the secret lies. Young.
6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. "You have simple wits." Shak. The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Prov. xiv. 15.
8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living. Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights. Cowper.
9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished. A simple husbandman in garments gray. Spenser. Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire. Fuller.
10. (BOt.)
Defn: Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
11. (Chem.)
Defn: Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished.fundamental particle
12. (Min.)
Defn: Homogenous.
13. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; — opposed to compound. Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal. J. W. Smith. Chitty. — Simple equation (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree. — Simple eye (Zoöl.), an eye having a single lens; — opposed to Ant: compound eye. — Simple interest. See under Interest. — Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny. — Simple obligation (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event. Burrill.
Syn. — Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise. — Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, — hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education. I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning. Shak. He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion. Law.
SIMPLESim"ple, n. Etym: [F. See Simple, a.]
1. Something not mixed or compounded. "Compounded of many simples." Shak.
2. (Med.)
Defn: A medicinal plant; — so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies. Sir W. Temple.
3. (Weaving) (a) A drawloom. (b) A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
4. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
SIMPLESim"ple, v. i.
Defn: To gather simples, or medicinal plants.As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed. Garth.
SIMPLE-HEARTEDSim"ple-heart`ed, a.
Defn: Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott.
SIMPLE-MINDEDSim"ple-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Artless; guileless; simple-hearted; undesigning; unsuspecting; devoid of duplicity. Blackstone. — Sim"ple-mind`ed*ness, n.
SIMPLENESSSim"ple*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. Shak.
SIMPLERSim"pler, n.
Defn: One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist. Simpler's joy. (Bot.) Vervain.
SIMPLESSSim"pless, n. Etym: [F. simplesse.]
Defn: Simplicity; silliness. [Obs.] Spenser.
SIMPLETONSim"ple*ton, n. Etym: [Cf. F. simplet, It. semplicione.]
Defn: A person of weak intellect; a silly person.
SIMPLICIANSim*pli"cian, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. simplicien.]
Defn: One who is simple. [Obs.] Arnway.
SIMPLICITYSim*plic"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. simplicité, L. simplicitas. See Simple.]
1. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
2. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
3. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity. Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded. Hayward. In wit a man; simplicity a child. Pope.
4. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.
5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.
6. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity and the scorners delight in their scorning Prov. i. 22.
SIMPLIFICATIONSim`pli*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. simplification.]
Defn: The act of simplifying. A. Smith.
SIMPLIFYSim"pli*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simplified; p. pr. & vb. n.Simplifying.] Etym: [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See Simple,and -fy.]
Defn: To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. A. Hamilton. It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. W. Nicholson.
SIMPLISTSim"plist, n.
Defn: One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. Sir T.Browne.
SIMPLISTICSim*plis"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [R.] Wilkinson.
SIMPLITYSim"pli*ty, n.
Defn: Simplicity. [Obs.]
SIMPLOCESim"plo*ce, n. (Gram.)
Defn: See Symploce.
SIMPLYSim"ply, adv.
1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely. [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the other. Hooker. Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. Shak.
2. Plainly; without art or subtlety. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. Milton.
3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.
SIMULACHER; SIMULACHRESim"u*la`cher, Sim"u*la`chre, n. Etym: [Cf. F. simulacre.]
Defn: See Simulacrum. [Obs.]
SIMULACRUMSim`u*la"crum, n.; pl. Simulacra. Etym: [L. See Simulate.]
Defn: A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; — now usually in a derogatory sense. Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. Thackeray.
SIMULARSim"u*lar, n. Etym: [Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See Simulate.]
Defn: One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak. Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.
SIMULARSim"u*lar, a.
Defn: False; specious; counterfeit. [R. & Obs.] "Thou simular man of virtue." Shak.
SIMULATE Sim"u*late, a. Etym: [L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance.]
Defn: Feigned; pretended. Bale.
SIMULATESim"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simulated; p. pr. & vb. n.Simulating.]
Defn: To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign. The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. Macaulay.
SIMULATIONSim`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. simulation, L. simulatio.]
Defn: The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; — distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
Syn.— Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.
SIMULATORSim"u*la`tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: One who simulates, or feigns. De Quincey.
SIMULATORYSim"u*la*to*ry, a.
Defn: Simulated, or capable of being simulated. Bp. Hall.
SIMULTANEITYSi`mul*ta*ne"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being simultaneous; simultaneousness.
SIMULTANEOUS Si`mul*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [LL. simultim at the same time, fr. L. simul. See Simulate.]
Defn: Existing, happening, or done, at the same time; as, simultaneous events. — Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. — Si`mul*ta"ne*ous*ness, n. Simultaneous equations (Alg.), two or more equations in which the values of the unknown quantities entering them are the same at the same time in both or in all.
SIMULTY Sim"ul*ty, n. Etym: [L. simultas a hostile encounter, drudge, originally, a (hostile) coming together, fr. simul together: cf. OF. simulté.]
Defn: Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties. [Obs.] B.Jonson.
SINSin, adv., prep., & conj.
Defn: Old form of Since. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.]Sin that his lord was twenty year of age. Chaucer.
SIN Sin, n. Etym: [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. sünde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. Authentic, Sooth.]
1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. 1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. Milton.
2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. Pope.
3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v. 21.
4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. Shak.
Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like. Actual sin, Canonical sins, Original sin, Venial sin. See under Actual, Canonical, etc. — Deadly, or Mortal, sins (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; — in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. — Sin eater, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. — Sin offering, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin.
Syn.— Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See Crime.
SIN Sin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinning.] Etym: [OE. sinnen, singen, sinegen, AS. syngian. See Sin, n.]
1. To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; — often followed by against. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned. Ps. li. 4. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Rom. iii. 23.
2. To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress. I am a man More sinned against than sinning. Shak. Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause. Pope.
SINAIC; SINAITICSi*na"ic, Si`na*it"ic, a. Etym: [From Mount Sinai.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the Sinaitic law. Sinaitic manuscript, a fourth century Greek manuscript of the part Bible, discovered at Mount Sinai (the greater part of it in 1859) by Tisschendorf, a German Biblical critic; — called also Codex Sinaiticus.
SINALBINSin*al"bin, n. Etym: [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.)
Defn: A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
SINAMINESin*am"ine, n. Etym: [Sinapis + melamine.] (Chem.)
Defn: A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; — called also allyl melamine.
SINAPATESin"a*pate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of sinapic acid.
SINAPICSin"a*pic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically, designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.
SINAPINESin"a*pine, n. Etym: [L. sinapi, sinapis, mustard, Gr. sinapine.](Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.
SINAPISSi*na"pis, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Defn: A disused generic name for mustard; — now called Brassica.
SINAPISINSin"a*pis`in, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A substance extracted from mustard seed and probably identical with sinalbin. [Obs.]
SINAPISMSin"a*pism, n. Etym: [L. sinapismus, Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A plaster or poultice composed principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.
SINAPOLEICSin`a*po*le"ic, a. Etym: [Sinapis + oleic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series said to occur in mistard oil.
SINAPOLINESi*nap"o*line, n. Etym: [Sinapis + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; — called also diallyl urea.
SINCALINE Sin"ca*line, n. Etym: [So called because obtained by the action of alkalies on sinapine.] (Chem.)
Defn: Choline. [Written also sinkaline.]
SINCE Since, adv. Etym: [For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed by an adverbial ending (cf. Besides) from OE. sithen, also shortened into sithe, sin, AS. si, sy, seo, afterward, then, since, after; properly, after that; fr. sisi afterward, since, OHG. sid, G. seit since, Goth. seipus late, ni sei no longer) + instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.]
1. From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since. We since become the slaves to one man's lust. B. Jonson.
2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago. w many ages since has Virgil writ Roscommon. About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house. Sir P. Sidney.
3. When or that. [Obs.] Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field Shak.
SINCESince, prep.
Defn: From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; — usually with a past event or time for the object. The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming. Gen. xxx. 30. I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients. Dryden.
SINCESince, conj.
Defn: Seeing that; because; considering; — formerly followed bythat.Since that my penitence comes after all, Imploring pardon. Shak.Since truth and constancy are vain, Since neither love, nor sense ofpain, Nor force of reason, can persuade, Then let example be obeyed.Granville.
Syn.— Because; for; as; inasmuch as; considering. See Because.
SINCERE Sin*cere", a. [Compar. Sincerer; superl. Sincerest.] Etym: [L. sincerus, of uncertain origin; the first part perhaps akin to sin- in singuli (see Single), and the second to cernere to separate (cf. Discern): cf. F. sincère.]
1. Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. Arbuthnot. A joy which never was sincere till now. Dryden.
2. Whole; perfect; unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.] The inviolable body stood sincere. Dryden.
3. Being in reality what it appears to be; having a character which corresponds with the appearance; not falsely assumed; genuine; true; real; as, a sincere desire for knowledge; a sincere contempt for meanness. A sincere intention of pleasing God in all our actions. Law.
4. Honest; free from hypocrisy or dissimulation; as, a sincere friend; a sincere person. The more sincere you are, the better it will fare with you at the great day of account. Waterland.
Syn. — Honest; unfeigned; unvarnished; real; true; unaffected; inartificial; frank; upright. See Hearty.
SINCERELYSin*cere"ly, adv.
Defn: In a sincere manner. Specifically: (a) Purely; without alloy. Milton. (b) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
SINCERENESSSin*cere"ness, n.
Defn: Same as Sincerity. Beau & Fl.
SINCERITYSin*cer"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. sinceritas: cf. F. sincérité.]
Defn: The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind orintention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or falsepretense; sincereness.I protest, in the sincerity of love. Shak.Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important. Knox.
SINCHSinch, n. Etym: [See Cinch.]
Defn: A saddle girth made of leather, canvas, woven horsehair, or woven grass. [Western U.S.]
SINCHSinch, v. t.
Defn: To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle. [Western U.S.]
SINCIPITALSin*cip"i*tal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.
SINCIPUTSin"ci*put, n. Etym: [L., half a head; semihalf + caput the head.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The fore part of the head.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
SINDISind"i, n. [Ar. Sindi, fr. Sind Indian, Skr. sindhu river, sea, theriver Indus, the country along the Indus. Cf. Indian, Hindoo.](Ethnol.)
Defn: A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock.
SINDONSin"don, n. Etym: [L., a kind of fine Indian cotton stuff, Gr.
1. A wrapper. [Obs.] "Wrapped in sindons of linen." Bacon.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. Dunglison.
SINE Sine, n. Etym: [LL. sinus a sine, L. sinus bosom, used in translating the Ar. jaib, properly, bosom, but probably read by mistake (the consonants being the same) for an original jiba sine, from Skr. jiva bowstring, chord of an arc, sine.] (Trig.) (a) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity. (b) The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below. Artificial sines, logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines. — Curve of sines. See Sinusoid. — Natural sines, the decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity. — Sine of an angle, in a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of the arc that measures the angle; in a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the given angle divided by the hypotenuse. See Trigonometrical function, under Function. — Versed sine, that part of the diameter between the sine and the arc.
SINESi"ne, prep. Etym: [L.]
Defn: Without.
SINECURALSi"ne*cu`ral, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.
SINECURESi`ne*cure, n. Etym: [L. sine without + cura care, LL., a cure. SeeCure.]
1. An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. Ayliffe.
2. Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service. A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. Macaulay.
SINECURESi"ne*cure, v. t.
Defn: To put or place in a sinecure.
SINECURISMSi"ne*cu*rism, n.
Defn: The state of having a sinecure.
SINECURISTSi"ne*cu*rist, n.
Defn: One who has a sinecure.
SINEWSin"ew, n. Etym: [OE. sinewe, senewe, AS. sinu, seonu; akin to D.zenuw, OHG. senawa, G. sehne, Icel. sin, Sw. sena, Dan. sene; cf.Skr. snava. sq. root290.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
2. Muscle; nerve. [R.] Sir J. Davies.
3. Fig.: That which supplies strength or power. The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. Shak. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. Sir W. Raleigh.
Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.
SINEWSin"ew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sinewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sinewing.]
Defn: To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews.Shak.Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properlytreated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. Goldsmith.
SINEWEDSin"ewed, a.
1. Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.
2. Fig.: Equipped; strengthened. When he sees Ourselves well sinewed to our defense. Shak.
SINEWINESSSin"ew*i*ness, n.
Defn: Quality of being sinewy.
SINEWISHSin"ew*ish, a.
Defn: Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.
SINEWLESSSin"ew*less, a.
Defn: Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.
SINEWOUSSin"ew*ous, a.
Defn: Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.
SINEW-SHRUNKSin"ew-shrunk`, a. (Far.)
Defn: Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.
SINEWYSin"ew*y, a.
1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. Donne.
2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax. A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. Hare.
SINFULSin"ful, a. Etym: [AAS. synfull.]
Defn: Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal;unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman.Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4.— Sin"ful*ly, adv.— Sin"ful*ness, n.
SING Sing, v. i. [imp. Sung or Sang (; p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] Etym: [AS. singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say, v.t., or cf. Gr. Singe, Song.]
1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ex. xxxii. 18.
2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do. On every bough the briddes heard I sing. Chaucer. Singing birds, in silver cages hung. Dryden.
3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice. O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. Pope.
4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. Milton. Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. Prior.
5. Ti cry out; to complain. [Obs.] They should sing if thet they were bent. Chaucer.
SINGSing, v. t.
1. To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song ofthe Lamb. Rev. xv. 3.And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.
2. To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry. Milton. Arms and the man I sing. Dryden. The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. Addison.
3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing. I heard them singing home the bride. Longfellow.
SINGE Singe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed; p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing.] Etym: [OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D. zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See Sing.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! Shak. I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. L'Estrange.
2. (a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red- hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. (b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
SINGESinge, n.
Defn: A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
SINGERSin"ger, n. Etym: [From Singe.]
Defn: One who, or that which, singes. Specifically: (a) One employed to singe cloth. (b) A machine for singeing cloth.
SINGERSing"er, n. Etym: [From Sing.]
Defn: One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
SINGERESSSing"er*ess, n.
Defn: A songstress. [Obs.] Wyclif.
SINGHALESESin`gha*lese", n. & a. Etym: [Skr.Si Ceylon.] (Ethnol.)
Defn: Same as Cingalese.
SINGINGSing"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Sing, v. Singing bird. (Zoöl.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. — Singing book, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. — Singing falcon or hawk. (Zoöl.) See Chanting falcon, under Chanting. — Singing fish (Zoöl.), a California toadfish (Porichthys porosissimus). — Singing flame (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also chemical harmonicon. — Singing master, a man who teaches vocal music. — Singing school, a school in which persons are instructed in singing.
SINGINGLYSing"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone. G. North (1575).
SINGLESin"gle, a. Etym: [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplexsimple; 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. No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. Pope.
2. Alone; having no companion. Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. Milton.
3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. Shak. Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. Dryden.
4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. Milton.
6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. I. Watts.
7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. I speak it with a single heart. Shak.
8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. Beau & Fl.Single ale, beer, or drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted withdouble 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 twoplayers.— 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 awild rose.— Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.— Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.
SINGLESin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singled; p. pr. & vb. n. Singling.]
1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark. Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind. More.
2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.] An agent singling itself from consorts. Hooker.
3. To take alone, or one by one. Men . . . commendable when they are singled. Hooker.
SINGLESin"gle, v. i.
Defn: To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot. Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. W. S. Clark.
SINGLESin"gle, n.
1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
2. pl.
Defn: The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
4. (Law Tennis)
Defn: A game with but one player on each side; — usually in the plural.
5. (Baseball)
Defn: A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
SINGLE-ACTINGSin"gle-act`ing, a.
Defn: Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; — said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
SINGLE-BREASTEDSin"gle-breast`ed, a.
Defn: Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
SINGLE-FOOTSin"gle-foot`, n.
Defn: An irregular gait of a horse; — called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot. Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)
SINGLE-HANDEDSin"gle-hand"ed, a.
Defn: Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
SINGLE-HEARTEDSin"gle-heart"ed, a.
Defn: Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.— Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.
SINGLE-MINDEDSin"gle-mind"ed, a.
Defn: Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single- hearted.
SINGLENESSSin"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.
SINGLESSin"gles, n. pl.
Defn: 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.
SINGLE-SURFACEDSin"gle-sur"faced, a.
Defn: Having one surface; — said specif. of aëroplanes or aërocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.
SINGLETSin"glet, n.
Defn: An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; — opposed to doublet. [Prov. Eng.]
SINGLE TAXSin"gle tax`. (Pol. Econ.)
Defn: A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, — advocated by certain economists as the sole source of public revenue.
Whatever may be thought of Henry George's single-tax theory as a whole, there can be little question that a relatively higher assessment of ground rent, with corresponding relief for those who have made improvements, is a much-needed reform. A. T. Hadley.
SINGLETONSin"gle*ton, n.
Defn: 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.
SINGLETREESin"gle*tree`, n. Etym: [Cf. Swingletree.]
Defn: The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
Note: When two horses draw abreast, a singletree is fixed at each end of another crosspiece, called the doubletree.
SINGLYSin"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.
SING-SINGSing"-sing`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The kob.
SINGSONGSing"song`, n.
1. Bad singing or poetry.
2. A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.
SINGSONGSing"song`, a.
Defn: Drawling; monotonous.
SINGSONGSing"song`, v. i.
Defn: To write poor poetry. [R.] Tennyson.
SINGSPIELSing"spiel`, n. [G.; singen to sing + spiel to play.] (Music)
Defn: A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment.
SINGSTERSing"ster, n.
Defn: A songstress. [Obs.] Wyclif.
SINGULAR Sin"gu*lar, a. Etym: [OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See Single, a.]
1. Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [Obs.] Bacon. And God forbid that all a company Should rue a singular man's folly. Chaucer.
2. Engaged in by only one on a side; single. [Obs.] To try the matter thus together in a singular combat. Holinshed.