3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Singe  \Singe\,  n. 
  A  burning  of  the  surface;  a  slight  burn. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Singe  \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}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  singe 
  n  :  a  surface  burn  [syn:  {scorch}] 
  v  :  burn  superficially  or  lightly;  "I  singed  my  eyebrows"  [syn: 
  {swinge},  {scorch}] 

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