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In a similar manner.

Similar. [Obs.] Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South.

g; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak. Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.

hers; single; distinct. [Obs.] Bacon. And God forbid that all a company Should rue a singular man's folly. Chaucer.

One who affects singularity. [Obs.] A clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage. Borrow.

The quality or state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity. Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second year the very falling down of the seeds yieldeth corn. Sir. W. Raleigh. I took notice of this little figure f…

To make singular or single; to distinguish. [R.]

In a singular manner; in a manner, or to a degree, not common to others; extraordinarily; as, to be singularly exact in one's statements; singularly considerate of others. "Singularly handsome." Milman.

Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.

A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (Alauda arvensis) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. See under Lark.

The act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing. [Colloq.]

A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written also soler, solere, sollar.] Oxf. Gloss.

A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.

The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8."80, and is the fundamental datum.

Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.

Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.

To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.

Solar. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Solipedous.

See Solar, n. [Obs.]