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ring closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a graff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.

The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.

Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. "Every centenary of years." Hakewill.

A movable single seat with a back.

nvite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat. By this I challenge him to single fight. Shak.

One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. Champions of law and liberty. Fisher Ames.…

Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. Shak.

A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

A pattern in checks; a single check.

One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.

To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. Cowley

(Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. -- China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root…

ty in arms, courtesy, etc. The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry. Shak.

Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow. What, fifty of my followers at a clap! Shak.

A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.