·adj Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only;
— said of a reciprocating engine, pump, ·etc.
·adj Operating in any way. II. Acting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Act>>. III. Acting ·adj Doing duty for ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Alone; having no companion. II. Single ·noun A handful of gleaned grain. III. Single ·adj Unc...
·adj Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. ...
·adj Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a d...
·adj Acting of or by one's self or by itself; — said especially of a machine or mechanism which is ...
When a commissioned officer is invalided, his vacancy is filled up pending the pleasure of the admir...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- A tax levied upon land alone, irrespective of improvements, — advocated by certain economis...
·adj Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge ...
·noun An irregular gait of a horse; — called also single-footed pace. ·see <<Single>>, ·vi. II. Si...
·adj Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted. ...
·adj Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. ...
·adj Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted. ...
·add. ·adj Having one surface; — said specif. of aeroplanes or aerocurves that are covered with fab...
A person having but one eye. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
To unreeve the running part of top-sail sheets, &c., to let them run freely, or for harbour duty. ...
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other. ...
A steam engine in which the connecting rod is led at once from the head of the piston to the crank, ...
One in which the steam acts upon the piston against a vacuum, both in the upward and downward moveme...
See atmospheric steam-engine. ...
See atmospheric steam-engine ...