Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: scorch, sear, swinge

See Also: blacken, burn, burn, char, combust, scorch

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