About The Word Singe
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Singe
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What's The Definition Of Singe?
[n] a surface burn
[v] burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" [v] become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" Synonyms | Synonyms for Singe: scorch | sear | swinge Related Terms | Find terms related to Singe: See Also | blacken | burn | burn | char | combust | scorch Singe In Webster's Dictionary \Singe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Singeing}.] [OE. sengen, AS. sengan in besengan (akin to D.
zengen, G. sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS.
singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound
often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly
burned. See {Sing}.]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of;
to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or
the skin.
You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
--L'Estrange.
2.
(a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly
over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to
dyeing it.
(b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or
the like) by passing it over a flame.
\Singe\, n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn. |
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