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English
Verb
singling
- present participle and gerund of single
Noun
singling (plural singlings)
- (distilling) Liquid collected from the wash, or fermented wort; low wine.
- (rail transport) The reduction of a railway line from double-track to single-track.
- Synonyms: dedoubling, single-tracking
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, […]
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb singla.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
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