singling
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
singling
- present participle and gerund of single
Noun[edit]
singling (plural singlings)
- (distilling) Liquid collected from the wash, or fermented wort; low wine.
- (rail transport) The reduction of a railway line from double to single track.
- 1959 June, “Talking of Trains: North Eastern report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 293:
- […] associated with this project would be the singling of the line from Selby to Shipton Lane, 2½ miles from Market Weighton, and the working of this section on the one-engine-in-steam principle, […]
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the verb singla.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
singling f (definite singular singlinga, uncountable)
- tinkling, jangling
- 1911, Helge Marstein, Aurora: ein sjøroman:
- Clark saag, at her var ikkje alt som det skulde vera, og reiste seg kvasst, daa dei høyrde tunge stig og singling av jarn.
- Clark saw that everything was not as it should be, and rose abruptly when they heard heavy footsteps and the jangling of iron.
Further reading[edit]
- “singling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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