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Drive out the sinful pair, 
From hallow’d ground the unholy. Milton. 
Wicked ; not observant of religion ; contrary to religion. 
It is used both of persons and things. 
Thrice happy man, said then the father grave. 
Whose staggering steps thy steady hand doth lead. 
And shews the way his sinful soul to save, 
Who better can the way to heaven aread ? Spenser. 
SI'NFULLY, adv. Wickedly; not piously ; not accord¬ 
ing to the ordinance of God. 
All this from my remembrance brutish wrath 
Sinfully pluckt, and not a man of you 
Had so much grace to put it in my mind. Shakspeare. 
SI'NFULNESS, s. Alienation from God ; neglect or 
violation of the duties of religion; contrariety to religious 
goodness.—Peevishness, the general fault of sick persons, is 
equally to be avoided for the folly and sinfulness. Wake. 
To SING, v. n. preterite I sang, or sung; participle, 
pass. sung, [pinjan, Saxon; singia, Icelandic; singhen, 
Dutch.] To form the voice to melody; to articulate musi¬ 
cally. 
They rather had beheld 
Dissentious numbers pestering streets, than see 
Our tradesmen singing in their shops, and going 
About their functions friendly. Shakspeare. 
To utter sweet sounds inarticulately.—.You will sooner 
bind a bird from singing than from flying. Bacon. —To 
make any small or shrill noise; to tell in poetry. 
Bid her exalt her melancholy wing. 
And rais’d from earth, and sav’d from passion, sing 
Of human hope by cross event destroy’d. 
Of useless wealth and greatness unenjoy’d. Prior. 
To SING, v. a. To relate in poetry. 
I sing the man who Judah’s sceptre bore. 
In that right hand which held the crook before. Cowley. 
Arms and the man I sing. Dry den. —To celebrate; to 
give praises to, in verse. 
The last, the happiest British king. 
Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. Addison. 
To utter harmoniously. 
Incles, caddisses, cambricks, lawns, why 
He sings them over as they were gods and goddesses. 
Shakspeare. 
SING, or Sign, a small town and fortress of Austrian 
Dalmatia, on a steep hill called Vukuschitza. It was built 
by the Turks in 1686, but taken by the Venetians, who 
strengthened its fortifications; 18 miles north of Spalatro, 
and 9 miles north of Clissa. 
SIN GAN, a city of China, of the first rank, in the frontier 
province of Shan-si. It formed at one time the imperial resi¬ 
dence, and is still one of the largest aud finest cities in China. 
Being situated on the Tartar frontier, it is the rendezvous of 
the troops appointed to defend the empire on its north-west¬ 
ern side. The inhabitants are taller and more robust than in 
the other province^. The mules of the surrounding country 
are so much esteemed, that they sell for a high price at 
Pekin. Lat. 35. 14. N. long. 108. 29. E. 
SINGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in Peche- 
lee. 
SINGBHOOM, a district of Hindostan, province of Orissa, 
situated between the 22d and 23d degrees of northern lati¬ 
tude. It is extremely hilly and full of woods; consequently 
badly cultivated, and far from populous. It belongs to 
various Hindoo chiefs, who are tributary to the Mahrattas, 
but seldom pay without compulsion. Many of the inha¬ 
bitants are said to make robbery their profession; and they 
used formerly to make predatory excursions into Bengal. 
S1NGBHOQM, the capital of the abovementioned dis¬ 
trict, belonging to a native chieftain, who is tributary to the 
rajah of Nagpore. Lat. 22. 37. N. long. 85. 55. E. 
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To SINGE, v. a. [pengan, Saxon ; sengen, Teut.] To 
scorch; to burn slightly or superficially. 
They bound the doctor, 
Whose beard they have sing'd off with brands of fire. 
Shakspeare. 
I singed the toes of an ape through a burning-glass, and 
he never would endure it after. L'Estrange. 
SINGE, s. A slight burn. 
SINGEN, a village of the south-west of Germany, in 
Baden, adjacent to Hohentwiel, and 17 miles west-north- 
west of Constance. Population 1000. 
SINGEPOORAM, a town of Hindostan, province of 
Orissa. It belongs to a Hindoo chief, who is tributary to 
the Nagpore Mahrattas. Lat. 19. 35. N. long. 83. 24. E. 
Sl'NGER, s. One that sings; one whose profession or 
business-is to sing.—His filching was like an unskilful singer, 
he kept not time. Shakspeare. 
SINGHEA, or Singee, a town of Hindostan, province 
of Bahar, district of Hajypore. It is situated on the eastern 
bank of the river Gunduck, and is surrounded by land, 
which produces the finest saltpetre. The East India Com¬ 
pany have long had a factory here, and now monopolize the 
whole of that article throughout their provinces. Near to 
Singhea is the site of an ancient city, supposed to have been 
Lukhore, where there stands a remarkable pillar, with a San¬ 
scrit inscription, stating that it was built by a person who, 
having no children, wished to hand down his name to pos¬ 
terity. Lat. 25. 52. N. long. 85. 15. E. 
SINGHERICONDA, a town of the south of India, pro¬ 
vince of the Carnatic, and district of Ongole. Lat. 15. 14. 
N. long. 80. 2. E. 
SI'NGING, s. Act of modulating the voice to melody ; 
musical articulation ; utterance of sweet sounds.—The time 
of the singing of birds is come. Cantic. 
SI'NGING-BOOK, s. A book of tunes.—When shall we 
hear a new set of singing-books, or the viols ? Brewer. 
SINGINGING, a small island in the Eastern seas, near 
the east coast of the island of Nassau. Lat. 3. 50. S. long. 
100. 2. E. 
SI'NGINGLY, adv. With a kind of tune.—Counterfeite 
courtiers which simper it in outwarde shewe, making pretie 
mouthes, and marching with a stalking pace like cranes, 
spetting over their own shoulder, speaking lispingly, and 
answering singingly, with pertumed gloves under their 
girdles! North ( 1575). 
SI'NGING-MAN, s. One who is employed to sing; a 
term still used in our cathedrals.—The prince broke thy head 
for liking his father to a singing-man of Windsor. Shak¬ 
speare. 
Sl'NGING-M ASTER, s. One who teaches to sing.—He 
employed an itinerant singing-master to instruct them 
rightly in the tunes of the Psalms. Addison. 
SI'NGLE, ad/. [ singulus, Latin.] One; not double ; 
not more than one.—The words are clear and easy, and their 
originals are of single signification without any ambiguity. 
South .—Particular; individual.—If one single word were to 
express but one simple idea, and nothing else, there would be 
scarce any mistake. Watts. —Not compounded.—As sim¬ 
ple ideas are opposed to complex, and single ideas to com¬ 
pound, so propositions are distinguished : the English tongue 
has some advantage above the learned languages, which have 
no usual word to distinguish single from simple. Watts. — 
Alone; having no companion ; having no assistant. 
Servant of God, well hast thou fought 
The better fight, who single hast maintain’d 
Against revolted multitudes the cause 
Of truth. Milton. 
Unmarried.—Is the single man therefore blessed ? no: as 
a walled town is more worthier than a village, so is the fore¬ 
head of a married man more honourable than the bare brow 
of a batchelor. Shakspeare. —Not complicated ; not dupli¬ 
cated.—To make flowers double is effected by often remov¬ 
ing them into new earth; as, on the contrary, double flowers, 
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