Dictionary entry

Single (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sin″gle, n. 1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.

2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.

3. A handful of gleaned grain.

4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; — usually in the plural.

5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.