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Singing \Sing"ing\,
a. & n. from {Sing}, v.
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{Singing bird}. (Zool.)
(a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird.
(b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines.

{Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book
of tunes.

{Singing falcon} or {Singing hawk}. (Zool.) See {Chanting
falcon}, under {Chanting}.

{Singing fish} (Zool.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys
porosissimus}), called also {midshipman}; -- so called
because it produces a buzzing sound with its air bladder.


{Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal
gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the
air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The
apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}.

{Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music.

{Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in
singing.
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Middy \Mid"dy\, n.; pl. {Middies}.
A colloquial abbreviation of {midshipman}.
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Midshipman \Mid"ship`man\, n.; pl. {Midshipmen}.
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1.
(a) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war,
whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports,
etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and
those of the forecastle, and render other services as
required.
(b) In the English naval service, the second rank attained
by a combatant officer after a term of service as
naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in
this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible
to promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
(c) In the United States navy, the lowest grade of
officers in line of promotion, being students or
graduates of the Naval Academy awaiting promotion to
the rank of ensign.
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2. (Zool.) An American marine fish of the genus {Porichthys},
allied to the toadfish; also called {singingfish}.
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{Cadet midshipman}, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet
line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval
Academy. See under {Cadet}.

{Cadet midshipman}, formerly, a naval cadet who had served
his time, passed his examinations, and was awaiting
promotion; -- now called, in the United States,
{midshipman}; in England, {sublieutenant}.
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