To make single, separate, or alone; retire; sequester.
To select individually from among a number; choose out separately from others: commonly followed by out.
To lead aside or apart from others.
Nautical, to unite, so as to combine several parts into one: as, to single the tacks and sheets.
To separate; go apart from others: said specifically of a hunted deer when it leaves the herd.
Same as single-foot.
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In whist, the score made by the winners when the game is 5 points up and rubbers are played, if the losers of any game are 3 or 4 up: as, ‘single, double, and the rub.’
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In the extraction of antimony from its native sulphid, the manufacturers' name for the first crude product from melting the ore with scrap-iron. It generally contains about 91.5 per cent. antimony, 7 per cent. iron, and 1 per cent. sulphur.
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In golf, two players playing against each other.
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In furniture, silverware, and the like, a separate piece not belonging to a set.
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One strand of sliver, roving thread, or yarn.
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plural A commercial name in England for thin sheet-steel or -iron used as a foundation for tin-plate, having a thickness ranging from 0.238 to 0.35 of an inch, or from No. 4 to No. 20 B. W. G.