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Webster 1913 Edition
Singe
Singe
(sĭnj)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Singed
(sĭnjd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Singeing
(sĭnj′ĭng)
.] [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 skinYou sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe
my white head! Shakespeare
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
,Noun.
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Singe
SINGE
,Verb.
T.
SINGE
,Noun.