n.
a. Drawling; monotonous; having a monotonous cadence. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
v. i. To write poor poetry. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ G.; singen to sing + spiel to play. ] (Music) A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A songstress. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]