Singe
Pronunciation : Singe
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Singed; p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Singe
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913