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singe / sinj/ • v. (singe·ing) [tr.] burn (something) superficially or lightly: the fire had singed his eyebrows | [as adj.] (singed) a smell of singed feathers. ∎ [intr.] be burned in this way: the heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe. ∎ burn the bristles or down off (the carcass of a pig or fowl) to prepare it for cooking.• n. a superficial burn.
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singe OE. senċġan, sænċġan (usu. besenċġan) = OS. bisengian (Du. zengen), (M)HG. sengen :- WGmc. *saŋgjan, f. *saŋg- *seŋg- *suŋg-, repr. also by Du. sengel spark, MHG. senge dryness, etc.
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