singing hinny

A cake made with butter and currants and baked on a griddle. ( Prov.) *singing-man, subst. A man who sings, or is employed to sing, as in churches or cathedrals; a chorister. "Liking his father to a singing -man of Windsor."Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt. II ., ii. 1. singing-master, s . A man who teaches singing. *singing-woman, s. A woman employed to sing. "Her hands are not alternately stretched out, and then drawn in again, as with the singing -woman at Sadler's Wells." Goldsmith: The Bee , No. 2. sing-ing-lỹ, adv. [Eng. singing; -ly.] In a singing manner; with sound like singing. "Counterfaite courtiers-speaking lispingly, and answering singingly ." - North : Philosopher at Court (1575). IMG:content-1495.png:[blocks in formation] "Hear me one single word." Shakesp.: All's Well that Ends Well, v. 2. 2. Concerning only one; particular, individual. "Wherein every one of us has a single honor." Shakesp.: Coriolanus , ii. 3. 3. Separate, alone; by one's self or itself. "What, alas! can these my single arms?" Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, ii. 2. 4. Unmarried. "But if these live remembered not to be, Die single , and thine image dies with thee." Shakesp.: Sonnet 3. 5. Not compound; simple. "The English tongue has some advantage above the learned languages, which have no usual word to distinguish single from simple." -Watts . 6. Not twisted, doubled, or combined with others; as, a single thread. 7. Performed by one person only, or by one opposed to one; as, single combat, single fight. *8. Not double or deceitful; simple, honest, artle , sincere. "I speak it with a single heart." Shakesp.: Henry VIII., v. 3. IMG:content-1496.png:[blocks in formation] sin, ag; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f IMG:content-1497.png:[blocks in formation] *single-ale, *single-beer, *single-drink, s. Small beer, as double-ale was strong ale. single-ble edne , subst. The state of being unmarried; celibacy. single-block, subst. A block having but a single sheave; a single sheave in a pair of checks.