sinewy (sinui)

[ The sinewy thread my brain lets fall Through every part Can tie those parts, and make me one of all. Donne, The Funeral. 2. Having strong sinews; hence, muscular; strong; brawny; robust. Take oxen yonge, playne bak and streght, The thies sadde and senowy . Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 129. For thy vigour, Bull-bearing Milo his addition yield To sinewy Ajax. Shak., T. and C., ii. 3. 259. 3. Pertaining to or due to physical strength; hence, stout, strong, or vigorous in any way. Motion and long-during action tires The sinewy vigour of the traveller. Shak., L. L. L., iv. 3. 308. In the literature of Rome it is that we find the true El Dorado of rhetoric, as we might expect from the sinewy compactne of the language. De Quincey, Rhetoric. sinfonia (sin-fō-nē'ä), n. [It.: see symphony .] In music , same as symphony . sinfoniet, n. In music , same as symphony . sinful (sin'ful), a . [ senful , sunful, synfull (= Icel. syndafullr , Ur , syndfullr = Sw. synd full = Dan. syndefuld ), full , full: see sin1 and -ful.] 1. Full of sin; wicked; iniquitous; unholy. Thu, a wrecche sunful mon. Ancren Riwle, p. 56. Shame attend the sinful! IMG:content-1107.png:[blocks in formation] We were a sinfully indiscreet and curious young couple to talk of the affairs of others as we did. D. C. Murray, Weaker Ve el, xiii. 2. By sin; by or in consequence of sinful acts. [Rare.] If a son that is by his father sent about merchandise do sinfully miscarry upon the sea, the imputation of his wickedne , by your rule, should be imposed upon his father that sent him. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 155. IMG:content-1108.png:[blocks in formation] Expect to hear, supernal grace contending With sinfulne of men. Milton , P. L., xi. 360. sing (sing), v.; pret. sang or sung, pp. sung, Ppr. singing. [ = sing Their ears sing , by reason of some cold and rheum. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 255. 8. To be capable of being sung; be adaptable to a musical setting. I know it [O ianic hymn] myself very well, and I know several old poems that will sing to it. O'Curry, Anc. Irish, II. xxxviii. Singing bird. (a) A bird that sings; a songster; a singer. My old friend ought not to pa the remainder of his life in a cage like a singing bird. Add is on, Guardian, No. 67. (6) Technically, an oscine pa erine bird, whether it can sing or not; any member of the Oscines or Cant a to res, many of which are songle . - Singing falcon. See singing hawk, below. Singing fish, a Californian toad-fish of the family Batrachidæ, the midshipman, Por ichthys porosis sim us. It attains a length of over 15 inches, and abounds on the Pacific coast of the United States from Puget Sound southward.-Singing hawk, one of five or six different African hawks of the genus Melierax, as M. can or us or M. po lyzonus; a chanting-falcon. The name is due to le faucon chanteur of Levaillant, 1799, whence Falco can or us of Rislach, 1799, F. music us of Daudin, 1800, chanting - falcon of Latham, 1802, together with the genus Melierax of G. R. Gray, 1840-all these terms being based upon the South African bird, M. can or us. The reputation of these hawks for musical ability appears to rest upon very slight basis of fact, if any. See cut under Melierax. - Singing mouse, a mouse that sings. It is not a distinct species. Some individuals of the common house-mouse, Mus musculus, and of the American wood-mouse, Hesperomys leucoрия, have been known to acquire the trick or habit of warbling a few musical notes in a high key and with a shrill, wiry timbre, vocalizing in a manner fairly to be called singing. hear a bird sing. See bird1. To sing out, to speak or call out loudly and distinctly; shout. (Colloq. When the call-boy would sing out for Captain Beaugarde, in the second act, we'd find that he had levanted with our best slashed trousers. C. Lever, Harry Lorrequer, xvi. To sing small, to adopt a humble tone or part, as through defeat or inferiority; play a subordinate or insignificant part. I must myself sing small in her company! I will never meet at hard edge with her. Richardson, Sir Charles Grand is on, I. 96. II. trans. 1. To utter in musical sounds or with musical alternations of pitch; chant. And hy [they] zonge thane zang thet none other ne may Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 268. By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. Marlowe , Pa ionate Shepherd to His Love. 2t. Specifically, to intone. The mede that meny prestes taketh for ma es that the i Piers Plowman (C), iv. 313. syngen. song , pl. sungen , songe , pp. sungen , songen , songe , i-sungen, i -songe), sing an (pret. sang , pl. sung on , pp. sungen ), sing, chant, sound (used of the human voice, also poet. of the howling howling zynge. of wolves, the sound of a trumpet, etc.), = OS. sing an OFries. sionga = MD. MD. sin singen , D. zin- gen = MLG. LG. singen , sing, OHG. sing an , sing, crow, MHG. G. singen , sing, Icel. syngja syngja =Sw. sjunga = Dan. synge = Goth. siggwan (for * singwan ), sing, also read or intone (used of Christ's reading the Scriptures in the syn a- gogue); perhaps orig. imitative, like ring , and used orig. of the clash of weapons, resonance of metals, and the rush of a mi ile through the air (although in the earliest recorded uses it denotes human utterance). If imitative, it has nothing to do with AS. secgan , etc., say: see sayl. Hence singel , song .] I. in trans. 1. To utter words or inarticulate sounds in mus i- 3. To celebrate with singing, or with some form of sound resembling singing; proclaim musically or resona resonantly; chant. I hear a tempest coming, That sings mine and my kingdom's ruin. Beau . and Fl . , Thierry and Theodoret, i. 2. By what Voice, Sound, what Tongue, Can this Eternall Deitie be sung ? Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 80. in quality; chant: said of human beings. On of the Jewys be gan to syng , and than all the women daunsed to gedyr by the space of an ower. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 63. Such musick, as 'tis said, Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung . Milton , Nativity, 1. 119. 2t. Specifically, to intone. Thei suffre not the i Latynes to syngen at here Awteres. Mandeville, Travels, p. 19. 3. To produce tuneful, musical, or rhythmical sounds: said of certain birds, beasts, and insects, and of various inanimate things: as, sing ing sands. Bestes and... Bryddes songen fulle delectabely, and meveden be craft, that it semede that the i weren quyke. Mandeville , Travels, p. 278. When the bagpipe sings i' the nose. At eve a dry cicala sung . Shak ., M. of V., iv. 1. 49. Tennyson, Mariana in the South. 4. To give out a continuous murmuring, humming, buzzing, or whistling sound. Another storm brewing; I hear it sing i' the wind. Shak ., Tempest, ii. 2. 20. The kettle was singing , and the clock was ticking stead. ily toward four o'clock. George Eliot , Felix Holt, li. 5. To cry out with pain or displeasure; squeal. [Humorous.] Certes, lecchours dide he grettest wo; They sholde singen if that they were hent. Chaucer , Friar's Tale, 1. 13. 6. To compose verse; relate or rehearse something in numbers or verse. Who would not sing for Lycidas? He knew Himself to sing , and build the lofty rhyme. Milton , Lycidas, 1. 10. 7. To have the sensation of a continuous humming or ringing sound; ring. But now my Muse dull heavy numbers sings; Cupid, 'tis thou alone giv'st verse her wings. Randolph, Complaint against Cupid. 5. To celebrate in numbers or verse; describe or glorify in poetry. That happy verse Which aptly sings the good. Shak., T. of A., i. 1. 18. IMG:content-1109.png:[blocks in formation] Be bound, the players shall sing your praises then, Without their poets. B. Jonson, Alchemist, ii. 1. 7. To usher in or out, attend on, or accompany with singing: as, to sing the old year out and the new year in. Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of winters past or coming void of care, Well pleased with delights which present are. Drummond , Flowers of Sion, To the Nightingale. I heard them singing home the bride; And, as I listened to the song, I thought my turn would come ere long. Long fellow , Blind Girl of Castèl-Cuillè, ii. 8. To bring, send, force, or effect, as any end or change, by singing: as, to sing a child to IMG:content-1110.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary "Who's there?" sung out the lieutenant. "Torches," was the answer. M. Scott , Tom Cringle's Log, i. - to singe the hair from a horse, instead of clip- ping it. It has a flat body, with an opening on one side of the light-chamber. E. H. Knight . sing. An abbreviation of singular . singable (sing'a-bl), a . [ sing + -able .] Capa- ble of being sung; suitable for singing. But for the most part Mr. Gilbert has addre ed him to the task of writing, for Sir Arthur Sullivan's senghen, D. zengen = OHG. sengan, senkan , MHG. G. sengen , singe, scorch, parch, burn; cf. Icel. sangr, singed, burnt), causal of sing an (pret. sang ), sing, make to sing, with refer- ence to the singing or hi ing noise made by singeing hair, and the sound given out by a burning log.] 1. To burn superficially; espe- perficial cially, to burn off the ends or projections of: as, to singe a fowl (to burn off the small downy or thready feathers left after plucking);; to singe cloth or calico (to burn off the projecting pile or nap); to singe the hair of the head. Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 229. Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 25. IMG:content-1112.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1113.png:[blocks in formation] machine for singeing textile fabrics ce of finishing them, especially cotton cloth to prepare it for printing. singelt, n. A Middle English form of shingle1 . singerl (sing'er), n. [ syngare (= MLG. singer = MHG. singære , singer, G. singer ); singære , as sing, v., + -er1. The word took the place of the earlier noun songer .] 1. One who sin one who makes music with the voice; specifi- cally, a trained or profe ional vocalist. I gat me men singers and women singers , and the de- lights of the sons of men, as musical instruments. IMG:content-1114.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In the early church and in the Greek Church, a member of one of the minor orders of clergy; one who is ordained to sing in the church. The order existed as early as the third or fourth century. In the early church the singers were distinctively called ca- nonical singers. 3. One who composes or rehearses anything in verse. Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme Beats with light wing against the ivory gate, Telling a tale not too importunate To those who in the sleepy region stay, Lulled by the singer of an empty day. 4. A bird that sings; a bird that naturally sings well, or can be trained to sing tunes; a singing bird: as, the male mocking-bird is a singer , but the female is not; the canary is a good singer . singer2 (sin'jer), n. [ singe + -er1.] One who or that which singes. Specifically, in calico - manuf .: (a) A person employed in singeing the nap off the cloth. (b) A singeing-machine. singere t (sing'er-es), n. [ singer e e ; singer1 + -e .] A female singer. IMG:content-1115.png:[blocks in formation] But I forgive ye, Tom. I reckon you're a kind of a singed cat , as the saying is-better 'n you look. Mark Twain , Tom Sawyer, i. To singe off, to remove by singeing or burning. My master and his man are both broke loose, Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor, Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire. Shak ., C. of E., v. 1. 171. longed ringing sound in the ears or head; tin- nit us aurium. I have a singing in my head like that of a cartwheel; Haring ton , Oceana (ed. 1771), p. 152. (Jodrell.) Singings in the ear, gurglings in the throat:... all these were ominous sleep-warnings. Anthropological Jour., XIX. 119. Melismatic singing. See melismatic . singing (sing'ing), p . a . Of tones, sustained and voice; cantabile. The cantabile notes [of the skylark] are long-sustained and delightfully inflected tones, which have a true sing- ing character. Applet on's Ann . Cyc ., 1886, p. 90. singing-bird (sing'ing-bėrd), n. Same as sing- ing bird ( b ) (which see, under sing , v . i.). singing-book (sing'ing-bük), n. A book contain- ing music for singing; a song-book. When shall we have a new set of singing - books , or the viols? A. Brewer (?), Lingua, i. 9. singing-breadt (sing'ing-bred), n. [ bread1 .] Same as sing- The balustrade of a singing - gallery (cantor i a) in the Ca- thedral. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 139. A rich singing-hinny, containing butter and kneaded cake, cake, currants, and baked on a griddle. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] For any visitor who could stay, neither cream nor finest wheaten flour was wanting for "turf-cakes" and "singing- hinnies," with which it is the delight of the northern house- wives to regale the honoured guest, as he sips their high priced tea. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, iv. singing-loaft (sing'ing-lof), n. Same as sing- ing - cake , 1. singingly (sing'ing-li), adv . In a singing man- ner; with sounds like singing. Counterfaite courtiers-speaking lispingly, and answer- ing singingly . North , Philosopher at Court (1575), p. 16. singing-man (sing'ing-man), n. A man who sings or is employed to sing, as in cathedrals. The prince broke thy head for liking his father to a sing- ing - man of Windsor. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 1. 98. A singing-master (singing-master),all art of the teacher of a singing-school. Also singing- IMG:content-1116.png:[blocks in formation] singing-muscle (sing'ing-mus"l), n. In ornith., one of the intrinsic syringeal muscles of any oscine bird, serving to actuate the syrinx and thus modulate the voice in singing. See syrinx. singing-school (sing'ing-sköl), n. A school or cla in which singing is taught, together with the rudiments of musical notation and of har- mony; a song-school. singing-voice (sing'ing-vois), n. The voice as used in singing: opposed to speaking - voice . These are the limits for the human singing - voice . S. Lanier , Sci. of Eng. Verse, p. 28. A singing-woman (sing'ing-wum"an), n. woman who sings or is employed to sing. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. IMG:content-1117.png:[blocks in formation] single Elles God for bede but he sente A wedded man hym grace to repente Wel ofte rather than a sengle man. Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 423. But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn, Grows, lives, and dies in single ble edne . Shak., M. N. D., 1. 1. 78. 4. Unique; unmatched; singular; unusual. Bare legged and in sengle apparayle. Sir T. Elyot , The Govern our, iii. 13. That you may know my single charity, Freely I here remit all interest. Ford, 'Tis Pity, iv. 1. I am single in my circumstances - a species apart in the political society. Bolingbroke , To Marchmont, quoted in [Walpole's Letters, II. 159, note. IMG:content-1118.png:[blocks in formation] Single money, money in small denominations; small single-banked (sing'gl-bangkt), a . 1. Carrying change. Hall i well. IMG:content-1119.png:[blocks in formation] but one oarsman on a thwart, as a boat.-2. Having but one bank or tier of oars, as the lighter ve els of antiquity.-3. Having but one bank or row of keys, as an organ. single-bar (sing'gl-bär), n. A swingletree. single-breasted (sing'gl-brested), a. 'gl-brested), a. 1. Having but one breast.-2. Having buttons on one side only and buttonholes on the other: noting a coat, waistcoat, or other garment. Compare double - breasted. Scott, Old Mortality, viii. Single standard, stop, tax. See the nouns. - Single woman. (a) A woman not married. (bt) By euphemism, a harlot or prostitute. [Old slang.] II. n. 1. That which is single, in any sense al, as opposed to common, general, or universal; also, pertaining to one cla , set, pair, etc.: as, a single dory (a boat manned by one person). Trust to thy single virtue. Shak., Lear, v. 3. 103. Narrower scrutiny, that I might learn In what degree or meaning thou art call'd The Son of God; which bears no single sense. of silk made of single strands of the raw silk as wound from the cocoon. When simply cleaned and wound, the silk is called dumb singles , and is used for making ban- dana handkerchiefs, and, after bleaching, for gauze and similar fabrics. When wound, cleaned, and thrown, the silk is termed thrown singles , and is used for ribbons and common silks. When wound, cleaned, doubled, and IMG:content-1120.png:[blocks in formation] 7. Free from combination, complication, or complexity; simple; consisting of one only. As simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound, so propositions are distinguished. Watts. 8. Normal; sound; healthy: often applied to the eye, and in that connection used figurative doubled, and thrown, so that it resembles the strand of rope, it is called organzine, and is used for warp. (b) pl. In lawn - tennis, games played with one on a side: opposed to doubles, which are played with two on a side. (c) In the game of loo, a deposit in the pool of three chips, made by the dealer before the playing begins. (d) In base- ball, a safe hit that allows the batter to reach the first basę, but not the second. (e) In cricket, a hit for which one run is scored. 2. In falconry, a talon or claw. I grant it not. Mine likewise seisd a Fowle Within her talents; and you saw her pawes Full of the Feathers; both her petty singles , And her long singles , grip'd her more then other. Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindne (Works, II. 99). 3. The tail of an animal; properly, in hunting, the tail of the buck. Hall i well. There's a kind of acid humor that nature hath put in our singles , the smell whereof causeth our enemies, viz. the doggs, to fly from us. Howell , Parly of Beasts, p. 63. ( Davies .) pose. If therefore thine eye be single , thy whole body shall be full of light. Mat. vi. 22. And now, courteous Reader, that I may not hold thee too long in the porch, I only crave of thee to read this following discourse with a single eye, and with the same ends as I had in penning it. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 16. All readers of his (Matthew Arnold's] know how free he is from anything strained or fantastic or paradoxical, and how absolutely single his eye is. J. Burroughs, The Century, XXVII. 925. 9. Free from duplicity; straightforward. ; sincere; honest, IMG:content-1121.png:[blocks in formation] That were half venturers, drink penitent single ale. Beau. and Fl . , Coxcomb, ii. 2. Sack's but single broth; Ale's meat, drink, and cloth, Say they that know never a letter. Witts Recreations (1654). ( Nares .) 111. Feeble; trifling; foolish; silly. your chin double? your wit single? Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 2. 207. Is not He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. Fletcher ( and another), Queen of Corinth, iii. 1. 12. In bot ., solitary: said of a flower when there is only one on a stem; also, in common usage, noting flowers which have only the normal number of floral envelops-that is, which are not double. See double , 6.-13. In an at , and zoöl ., not double, triple, etc.; not paired; azygous; simple; solitary; alone; one: generally emphatic, in implied comparison with things or parts of things that are ordinarily double, paired, several, etc.- A single blind ( mil it .). See blind1 , 4.- At single anchor. See anchorl . Single action. See action . - Single-action harp. See harp , 1.- Single billet. See billet2 . - Single ble edne . See ble edne . - Single block. See block1 , 11.Single-boater, a trawling-cutter not belonging to a fleet: used by English fishermen. J. W. Collins. - Single bond. See bond 1, 7.- bridging, burton, combat. the nouns. single-cylinder machine, bang mee chine that prints with a single cylinder on one side only of a sheet of paper. - Single entry. See bookkeeping. Single file. See file 3. - Single floor. See floor. - Single fluid battery or cell, in elect. See cell, 8.- Single man, a man not married. In law the phrase may ap ply to any person not married at the time in question. A widow is a single man, within a public land act. Silver v. Ladd, 7 Wall. 219. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.]-In single, singly; individually; separately. Finding therefore the most of their actions in single to be weak,.. I concluded that, if their single ambition and ignorance was such, then certainly united in a Councell it would be much more. Milton , Apology for Smectymnuus. singlel (sing'gl), v.; pret. and pp. singled, ppr. singling. [ others none le fit to answer the duties which are looked for at their hands. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, i. 16. A thoroughly single man, single-minded, single-hearted, buttoning over his single heart a single breasted surtout. Lowell , Cambridge Thirty Years Ago. single-brooded (sing'gl-bröded), a . Bringing annual generation, or one brood a year, as an insect, bird, or other animal. See silkworm . single-cut (sing'gl-kut), a. Noting a file which has but a single rank of teeth-that is, has the teeth cut in one direction only, and not cro ing. singledt (sing'gld), a. ing a single or tail. Their sheepe are very small, sharpe singled , hand full long. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 386. [