Single \Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See Simple, and cf. Singular.]

1. 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.

2. Alone; having no companion.

Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. --Milton.

3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.

Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. --Shak.

Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden.

4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.

5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.

These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. --Milton.

6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.

Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. --I. Watts.

7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.

I speak it with a single heart. --Shak.

8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]

He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. --Beau. & Fl.

Single ale, beer, or drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.]

--Nares.

Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. --Burril.

Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players.

Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File.

Single entry. See under Bookkeeping.

Single file. See under 1st File.

Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.

Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.

Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Drink \Drink\ (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Drank (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly Drunk (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (-'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.]

[AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.

Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. --Luke xvii. 8.

He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. --Job xxi. 20.

Drink of the cup that can not cloy. --Keble.

2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the ?se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple. --Pope.

And they drank, and were merry with him. --Gem. xliii. 34.

Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. --Thackeray.

To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.

I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Drink \Drink\, v. t.

1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.

There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. --Spenser.

The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. --Thackeray.

2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

And let the purple violets drink the stream. --Dryden.

3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

To drink the cooler air, --Tennyson.

My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. --Shak.

Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. --Pope.

4. To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.]

And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. --Taylor (1630.)

To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. --Shak.

To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. ``Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle.'' --J. C. Shairp.

To drink off or up, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial.

To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Drink \Drink\, n.

1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.

Give me some drink, Titinius. --Shak.

2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.

Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.

Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.

In drink, drunk. ``The poor monster's in drink.'' --Shak.

Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. `` Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.'' --Prov. xx. 1.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)