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that foft of fowing, that difperfes the neceflary quantity of 

 corn at one bout. 



Single Echo, Fine, Pqfition, Propofitton, Rafters, Tena'tUt, 

 and Voucher. See the fubftantives. 



SiHGLE-Hor/e Carts, in Agriculture. See Cart, 

 SINGLES. See Petty Singles. 



SINGO, in Geography, a town of European Turkey, in 

 the province of Macedonia, near mount Athos. 



SINGON, an ifland near the coaft of Sweden, at the 

 entrance into the gulf of Finland. N. lat. 60° 1 1'. E. long. 

 J 8° 20'. 



SINGOONMAVV, a town of the Birman empire; 16 

 miles S. of Pcgongmew. 



SINGOR, a fea-port town of Afia, in the kingdom of 

 Siam, on the coait of Malacca. N. lat. 6° 40'. E. long. 

 101° 14'. 



SINGPINE, a town of Bengal; 25 miles S.E. of 

 Nattore. 



SINGPOUR, a town of Bengal; 22 miles E.S.E. of 

 Ramgur. — Alfo, a town of Bengal ; 8 miles S.E. of 

 Koonda. — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, m the circar of 

 Sohajepour ; 8 miles S. of Sohaiepour. 



SINGRAMOW, a town of Hindooftan, in Oude ; 24 

 miles S.S.E. of Sultanpour. 



SINGRECOTTA, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar 

 of Cicacole ; 23 miles W. of Vizianagram. 



SINGREMON, a town of Hindooftan, in Allahabad; 

 33 miles N.N.E. of Gazypour. 



SINGREPETTA, a town of Hindooftan, in the Car- 

 natic ; 15 miles S.E. of Tritchinopoly. 



SINGROWLA, a town of Hindooftan, in Allahabad, 

 S.W. of Bahar. 



SING-SING, a town of America, in the ftate of New 

 York ; 3J miles N. of New York. 



SINGUAR, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; 14 miles 

 E.N.E. of Hajypour. 



SINGUE, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar; 38 miles 

 S. of Bahar. 



SINGULAR Nu.MBER, in Grammar, the firft manner 

 of declining nouns, and conjugating verbs ; ufed when we 

 only fpeak of a fingle perfon or thing. See Number. 

 Singular Hi/lory. See History. 

 Singular Propofition. See Proposition. 

 SINGULA RIS, or Single, in the Manege, a name 

 given by the Romans to a horfe, upon which a man rode, 

 in their races, without a faddle, ufmg only a cloth, like the 

 Greeks, fattened with a furcingle, or elfe fitting upon the 

 bare back. 



SINGULATOR, among the Romans, a horfeman who 

 rode with one horfe only. 



SINGULTUS, in Medicine, a fpafmodic affeftion of 

 the diaphragm, which, from the found which accompanies 

 it, is commonly called hichup ; under which head fee an 

 ample account of this affeftion. 



SINGUM, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in the 

 Carnatic ; 23 miles S.S.W. of Tritchinopoly. 



SINGUR, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar ; 35 miles 

 S.E. of Gayhah. — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, ni Vilia- 

 pour ; 12 miles S. of Poonah. 



SINGUS, in Ancient Geography, a town of Macedonia, 

 in Chalcidis, on the Singitic gulf. Ptol. 



SING-Y, in Geography, a town of China, of the third 

 rank, in Quang-tong ; 17 miles N. of Kao-tcheou. 



SINHALA, in Ancient Geography, a name formei-ly 

 given to the ifland of Ceylon, formed from the Sanfcrit 

 Sinha, a lion, and given to it on account of its being in- 



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habited by Sinhalas, or the offspring of a lion. See Aiiati'c^ 

 Refearches, vol. i. p. 48. 



SIN-HIANG, in Geography, a town of China, of the 

 third rank, in Ho-nan, on the river Ki ; 12 miles S.W. of 

 Oue-kiun. 



SIN-HING, a fmall iiland near the coaft of China, in 

 the Eaftern fea ; 3 miles S. of Tfong-ming. N. lat. 31° 

 32'. E. long. 121" — Alfo, a towu of China, of the third 

 rank, in Quang-tong ; 27 miles S. of Tchao-king. — Alfo, 

 a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Yun-nan. N. lat. 

 24° 30'. E. long. io2° 23'. 



SIN-HO, a town of China, of the third rank, in Pe- 

 tche-li ; 15 miles S.W. of Khi. 



SIN-HOA, a fea-port town of Cochinchina. N. lat, 

 17^. E. long. 88^ 14'. — Alfo, a town of China, of the 

 tliird rank, in Hou-quang, on the river Lo ; 32 miles 

 N.N.W. of Pao-king, 



SIN-HOEI, a town of China, of the third rank, in 

 Quang-tong ; 40 miles N.W. of Macao. — Alfo, a town of 

 China, of the third rank, in Quang-tong ; 45 miles S.S.E. 

 of Tchao-king. 



SINIA, a river of Ruffia, which runs into the Oby, 

 52 miles N. of Berezov, N. lat. 65°. E. long. 66^ 14'. 



SINJAR, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the province 

 of Diarbekir ; 140 miles S.E, of Diarbekir. N. lat. 36° 

 17'. E. long. 41'^ 35'. — Alfo, a range of mountains, in the 

 province of Diarbekir; 70 miles S.E. of Diarbekir. On 

 this range ftood the fortrefs of Sangara, which was fur- 

 rendered to the Perfians by the pufillanimous fucceftbr of 

 Julian, about eight or ten miles from Nifibis. This moun- 

 tain is at prefent peopled by feveral tribes of that feft called 

 Yezedi, who worftiip, or rather deprecate, the devil, from 

 a notion that he poileifes an unlimited power over mankind. 

 They are the defcendants of thofe Arabs who followed the 

 banners of Yezid, and fought againft Hafti^in, in the battle 

 of Kerbela ; and Sheikh Ade, the founder of the fe£l, is 

 interred near Moful. They are faid to adore the Supreme 

 Being as the creator and benefaftor of the human race, 

 drink wine and other ftrong liquors, and circumcife like the 

 Mahometans, They are the mortal enemies of the Turks, 

 and have never been completely fubdued. They lie in am- 

 bufti behind the riCng grounds, which /kirt the road between 

 Moful and Merdin ; and as travellers are obliged to pafs a 

 lonely wild, 20 furfungs in length, they are liable, if not 

 numeroufly attended, Lo be murdered by thefe mifcreants, 

 Sinjar affords abundance of pafturage, and alfo a fufEcient 

 quantity of grain for the confumption of its favage in- 

 habitants. In the year 341 a bloody battle was tought 

 near this place, between the emperor Conftantius and 

 Sapor II., in which the former fuftained a total de- 

 feat, and was driven by his viftorious rival acrofs the 

 Euphrates. 



SINlA STANITZ, a town of Ruflia, in the govern- 

 ment of Irkutik, on the Lena, N. lat, 61° 15'. E. long. 

 125° 34'. 



SINICA, a town of America, in South Carolina, be- 

 longing to the Cherokee Indians, on the Keowe ; ±1. miles 

 N.W. of Peterftjurg, 



SINICAL Quadrant, See Quadrant, 



SINIGAGLIA, in Geography, a fea-port town of 

 Italy, in the duchy of Uibino, the fee of a biftiop, fuffragan 

 of Urbino, on the Adriatic, at the mouth of the river Ni- 

 vola (anciently Senon), which feparates the duchy of Ur- 

 bino from the marquifate of Ancona. It was anciently 

 called " Sena Gallorum," denoting that it was built by the 

 Gallic Senones, and became a Roman colony in the year of 

 Rome 462. It has been feveral times deftroyed, efpecially 



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