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verb

Singe v. t. (past & past part. singed; pres. part. singeing)

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!" "I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass."

(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.

noun

Singe n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

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Etymology of 'Singe'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Singe" Quotes from Famous Books

... ow! ow! ow! The damned beast—the cursed sow! To leave the kettle, and singe the Frau! ...

— Faust • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

... most discordant laugh. "These citizen chuffs and clowns will press in amongst us, when there is but an inch of a door open. And what remedy?—Just e'en this, that as their cash gies them confidence, we should strip them of it. Flay them, my lord—singe them as the kitchen wench does the rats, and then they winna long to come back again.—Ay, ay—pluck them, plume them—and then the larded capons will not be for flying so high a wing, my lord, among the goss- hawks ...

— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott

... am therof glad and blithe That thou art nomen in clene live, Thi soul-cnul (knell) ich wile do ringe, And masse for thine soule singe. ...

— A Literary History of the English People - From the Origins to the Renaissance • Jean Jules Jusserand

... ne longe. Sincere sincera. Sincerity sincereco. Sinecure senlaborofico. Sinew tendeno. Sinful pekema. Sing kanti. Singing (the art) kantarto. Single (alone) sola. Single unuobla. Singe bruleti, flameti. Singular (gram.) ununombro. Singular stranga. Sinciput verto. Sinister funebra. Sink sxtonlavujo. Sink malflosi, igxi. Sinner pekulo. Sinovia (anat) sinovio. Sip trinketi. Siphon sifono. ...

— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... turned up at the dances as unfailingly as Nelly herself. He came in spite of many resolutions to the contrary, as the moth comes to singe its wings in the flame of the candle. He did not make Nelly conspicuous for the Dowager or anyone else to see. Sometimes he asked her for several dances. Again, he would be merely polite in asking her for one; and would yield her up coldly to her next partner and never ...

— Mary Gray • Katharine Tynan

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