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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Sin'ew-i-ness, n.p. 1233The state or quality of being sinewy.
  2. Sin'ew-ish, a.p. 1233Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  3. Sin'ew-less, a.p. 1233Having no sinews, and hence no strength or vigor.
  4. Sĭn'ew-ōus, a.p. 1233Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.
  5. Sin'ew-shrŭnk, a.p. 1233(Far.) Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excess of fatigue, as a horse; gaunt-bellied.
  6. Sĭn'ew-y, a.p. 1233Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. Donne. 2. Well braced with sinews; nervous; strong; vigorous; firm; as, the sinewy Ajax. “A man…
  7. Sĭn'ful, a.p. 1233Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity! Isa. i. 4. 2. Containing sin, or consisting in sin; contrary to…
  8. Sin'ful-ly, adv.p. 1233In a sinful manner; wickedly; iniquitously; criminally.
  9. Sĭn'ful-ness, n.p. 1233The quality or state of being sinful, or contrary to the divine will; wickedness; iniquity; criminality; as, the sinfulness of an action; the sinfulness of thoughts or purposes.
  10. Sing, v. i.p. 1233To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ez. xxix. 18. 2.…
  11. Sĭng, v. t.p. 1233To utter with musical modulations of voice. And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3. 2. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate…
  12. Singe, v. t.p. 1233To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. Thunderbolts singe my white head. Shak. Thus riding on his curls he…
  13. Sĭnge, n.p. 1233A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
  14. Sing'er, n.p. 1233One who sings. 2. One whose profession is to sing; an accomplished musician with the voice; as, a chorus of singers.
  15. Sing'er-ess, n.p. 1233A female who sings; a songstress. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  16. Sin'gha-lēse', n. sing. & pl.p. 1233(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Ceylon; in the plural, the people of Ceylon; Ceylonese. [Written also Cingalese.]
  17. Sing'ing-bōok, n.p. 1233A book containing music for singing; a book of tunes.
  18. Sing'ing-ly, adv.p. 1233With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune.
  19. Sing'ing-măn, n.p. 1233A man who sings, or is employed to sing, as in cathedrals.
  20. Sing'ing-mas'ter, n.p. 1233A music-master; one who teaches vocal music.
  21. Sĭng'ing-schōōl, n.p. 1233A school in which persons are instructed in singing.
  22. Sĭng'ing-wom'an, n.p. 1233A woman employed to sing.
  23. Sin'gle, a.p. 1233One only, as distinguished from many, or the whole; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star; a single city; a single act. No single man is born with a right of controlling…
  24. Sĭn'gle, v. t.p. 1233To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. “A dog who can single out his master in the dark.” Bacon. His blood! she faintly screamed…
  25. Sin'gle, v. i.p. 1233To take a gait between a pace and trot;—said of a horse. Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs…
  26. Sĭn'gle-hănd'ed, a.p. 1233Having one hand or workman only. 2. Alone; by one's self; unassisted.
  27. Sĭn'gle-heärt'ed, a.p. 1233Having a single or honest heart; without duplicity.
  28. Sĭn'gle-mind'ed, a.p. 1233Having a single purpose; hence, artless; ingenuous; guileless.
  29. Sĭn'gle-ness, n.p. 1233The state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity. 2. Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose…
  30. Sin'gles, n. pl.p. 1233The reeled filaments of silk, twisted to give them firmness.
  31. Sin'gle-seed'ed, a.p. 1233Containing one seed only.
  32. Sĭn'gle-stick, n.p. 1233A cudgel used in fencing or fighting. 2. A game at cudgels, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor. Halliwell.
  33. Sĭn'gle-tree, n.p. 1233The cross-piece of a carriage to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree. A single-tree is fixed upon each end of another cross-piece, called the double-tree, when two horses…
  34. Sin'gle-välved, a.p. 1233Having one valve only.
  35. Sīn'glin, n.p. 1233A single gleaning; a handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng.]
  36. Sïn'glo, n.p. 1233A fine kind of tea, with large, flat leaves, not much rolled. Simmonds.
  37. Sĭn'gly, adv.p. 1233Individually; particularly; as, to make men singly and personally good. 2. Only; by one's self. Look thee, ’tis so, thou singly honest man. Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; as…
  38. Sing'-sŏng, n.p. 1233Bad singing. 2. A drawling tone, as of a monotonous or badly executed song.
  39. Sing'ster, n.p. 1233A female who sings; a songstress. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  40. Sĭn'gu-lar, a.p. 1233Separate from others; single. [Obs.] “To try the matter in a singular combat.” Holinshed. 2. (Logic.) Existing by itself; single; individual. That idea which represents one determinate thing, is…
  41. Sin'gu·lar, n.p. 1234An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] More. 2. (Gram.) The singular number.
  42. Sin'gu·lar-ist, n.p. 1234One who affects singularity. [Obs.] Barrow.
  43. Sin'gu-lār'i-ty, n.p. 1234The 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…
  44. Sin'gu·lar-ize, v. t.p. 1234To make single. [Obs.]
  45. Sin'gu·lar·ly, adv.p. 1234In a singular manner; peculiarly; strangely; oddly. 2. So as to express one, or the singular number.
  46. Sin'gulf, n.p. 1234A sigh or sobbing; a sob; a hiccough. [Obs.] Spenser.
  47. Sin'gult, n.p. 1234A sigh or sobbing; a hiccough. [Obs.] Browne.
  48. Sin-gült’ous, a.p. 1234(Med.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough. Dunglison.
  49. Sin-gŭl'tus, n.p. 1234(Med.) Hiccough. See HICCOUGH.
  50. Sin'i·cal, a.p. 1234Pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines. Sinical quadrant, a kind of quadrant the index of which is divided according to sines, or sometimes into equal parts. Hutton.
  51. Sin'is-ter, a.p. 1234On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left;—opposed to dexter or right; as, the sinister side of an escutcheon,—which is the side opposite to the right hand of the beholder. See ESCUTCHEON.…
  52. Sin'is-ter-hănd'ed, a.p. 1234Left-handed. [Obs.]
  53. Sin'is-ter-ly, adv.p. 1234In a sinister manner. A. Wood.
  54. Sĭn'is-tral, a.p. 1234Pertaining, or inclining, to the left; sinistrous. 2. (Conch.) Having the turns of the spiral made to the left;—the same as reversed.
  55. Sin'is-träl'i-ty, n.p. 1234The state or quality of being sinistral.
  56. Sin'is-tral-ly, adv.p. 1234Toward the left.
  57. Sin'/is-trōr'/sal, a.p. 1234Rising from left to right, as a spiral line, or helix.
  58. Sin'is-trôrse', a.p. 1234(Bot.) Turning to the left. Gray.
  59. Sin’is-trōüs, a.p. 1234Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. Browne. 2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley.
  60. Sĭn'is-trōus-ly, adv.p. 1234In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily. 2. With a tendency to use the left hand. Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their lives left-handed.…