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▪ I. ˈsingling, vbl. n.
[f. single v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb; selection from a number; separation from others. Chiefly with out.
1625Bacon Ess., Dispatch (Arb.) 249 Order, and Distribution, and Singling out of Parts, is the life of Dispatch. 1660Trial Regic. 79 It is not the singling out of a few persons that makes a Parliament. 1667Termes de la Ley 560 Severance is the singling of two or more that are joyned in a writ. 1911Beerbohm Let. 3 Nov. (1964) 210 Your singling-out of that phrase..is a proof that Rothenstein and Ruskin are right about reverence for nature. 1964F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. vi. iv. 200 Sir Walter Greg's singling-out of this as the clinching evidence.
2. The action of singling or thinning out plants. Also attrib.
1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 16 Whether the great deficiency is occasioned by the death of plants after the singling process has been completed?..or the distance left by the singling is greater than we desire? 1899Dundee Advt. 21 Nov. 14 Much of the success in root-growing depends on the singling process.
3. Distill. (See quots.)
1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 226 The distillation may proceed as rapidly as [it] can run without coming foul or muddy, until 2400 gallons have been drawn off: these constitute what are called singlings. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 816/1 Singlings, the first to come over, the crude spirit of distillation.
▪ II. ˈsingling, ppl. a. rare.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That renders single or separates.
1598Marlowe Hero & Leander i. 258 Wilt thou liue single still? one shalt thou bee, Though neuer-singling Hymen couple thee. 1621Quarles Esther iii, Till singling Death this sacred knot vndoe, And part this new-made One, once more in two. |