GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   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.]
   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.
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   You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . 
   Singe my white head!
   Shak.
   
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   I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   (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.
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   Singe, n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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