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Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated.

One only, as 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 but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.

Only; by one's self; alone. Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. Shak.

Being alone; belonging to, or being, that of which there is but one; unique. These busts of the emperors and empresses are all very scarce, and some of them almost singular in their kind. Addison. Singular point in a curve (Math.), a point at which the curve possesses some peculiar properties not possessed by other poi…

af, a leaf from which the pulpy part has been removed by chemical means, the fibrous part alone remaining. -- Skeleton proof, a proof of a print or engraving, with the inscription outlined in hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its co…

To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect. I alone Smoked his true person, talked with him. Chapman. He was first smoked by the old Lord Lafeu. Shak. Upon that . . . I began to smoke that they were a parcel of mummers. Addison.

Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.] Chesterfield.

The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] Sir E. Dering.

es to morbid changes of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the view that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and can receive the impression of agents tending to produce disease.

One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian. Hammond.

A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. Mrs. R. H. Davis.

In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone. Mic. vii. 14.

ng or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. Shak.

state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness. Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Bacon. O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face Cowper.

Wandering alone. [R.] T. Grander.

Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.

To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Malone.