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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 be
sengan
(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!
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.
sinj. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of a thing as the nap of cloth, or the hair of the skin; as, to singe off the beard. Thus riding on his curls, he seem'd to pass A rolling fire along, and singe the grass.

SINGE

,
Noun.
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Definition 2024

singé

singé

See also: singe and sînge

French

Verb

singé m ‎(feminine singular singée, masculine plural singés, feminine plural singées)

  1. past participle of singer

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