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To mix in a disorderly way; to make a mess of. [Obs.] Udall.

That can be mingled. Boyle.

Confusedly.

The act of mingling, or the state of being mixed.

One who mingles.

A small piece of inclosed ground. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

acting together; the leader of a herd of animals. A primacy of order, such an one as the ringleader hath in a dance. Barrow.

The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov.Eng.]

ircle; specifically, a fairy ring. You demi-puppets, that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites. Shak.

ow. I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.

One who shingles.

A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.

s distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. Pope.

A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, -- advocated by certain economists as the sole source of public revenue.

Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.

reast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.

An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i. Single-foot is an irregular pace, rather rare, distinguished by the posterior extremities moving in the order of a fast walk, and the anterior extremities in that of a slow trot. Stillman (The Horse in Motion.)

Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.

Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.

Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single- hearted.