Category:Singe

Singe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed; p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing.] Etym: [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 Singe, n.

Defn: a burning of the surface; a slight burn.