singlet (singglet)

[ This word was singlet , which came up to me printed on my first washing bill in Liverpool. I had never seen it before; but its suggestion of doublet of course showed me that it must mean an undervest, as it did-a merino under-shirt.. It is a Lancashire word;... it is not dialectical, which being Romanic it could not be. R. G. White , England Without and Within, p. 384. single-taxism (sing'gl-taks'izm), n. [ tax + -ism.) The doctrines or beliefs of the advocates of the single tax. See tax . [Recent.] The fourth section of the Knights of Labor declaration of principles, as last amended, is good enough single tax ism for the present. The Standard (New York), VII. 9. single thorn (sing'gl-thôrn), n. A Japanese fish, Monocentris japonicus , of the family Bery cidæ , remarkable for the size of its head, its strong thorn-like spines, and its mailed suit of hard projecting scales. It is of a silvery-white color, and about 6 or 7 inches long. It is the only known species of the genus.