Sin"gle-hand"ed (?), a. Having but one hand, or one workman; also,
alone; unassisted.
Sin"gle-heart"ed (?), a. Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
-- Sin"gle- heart"ed*ly, adv.
Sin"gle-mind"ed (?), a. Having a single purpose; hence, artless;
guileless; single-hearted.
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.
Sin"gles (?), n. pl. See Single, n., 2.
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.
Sin"glet (?), n. An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; --
opposed to doublet. [Prov. Eng.]
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.
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.
Sin"gly (?), adv. 1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make
men singly and personally good.