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Singe   /sɪndʒ/   Listen
verb
Singe  v. t.  (past & past part. singed; pres. part. singeing)  
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!" "I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass."
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.



noun
Singe  n.  A burning of the surface; a slight burn.






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... sea; England's fight with the Spanish Armada was yet to come. But there were already Englishmen of the Drake and Frobisher type who liked nothing better than to capture a Spanish galleon, and "singe the king of Spain's beard"; and these independent sea-rovers were becoming so bold and numerous as to put the Spaniards to serious inconvenience and loss. But the latter could not be ousted from their vantage ground; so ...
— The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 • Julian Hawthorne

... (conjunction) tial ke, cxar. Since then de tiu tempo. Since (adv.) antaux ne longe. Sincere sincera. Sincerity sincereco. Sinecure senlaborofico. Sinew tendeno. Sinful pekema. Sing kanti. Singing (the art) kantarto. Single (alone) sola. Single unuobla. Singe bruleti, flameti. Singular (gram.) ununombro. Singular stranga. Sinciput verto. Sinister funebra. Sink sxtonlavujo. Sink malflosi, igxi. Sinner pekulo. Sinovia (anat) sinovio. Sip trinketi. Siphon sifono. Sir sinjoro. ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... kinds were piled around her in her narrow stall. On the shelves at the back were rows of melons, so-called "cantaloups" swarming with wart-like knots, "maraichers" whose skin was covered with grey lace-like netting, and "culs-de-singe" displaying smooth bare bumps. In front was an array of choice fruits, carefully arranged in baskets, and showing like smooth round cheeks seeking to hide themselves, or glimpses of sweet childish faces, half veiled by leaves. Especially was this ...
— The Fat and the Thin • Emile Zola

... In Plymouth shall be colour and excuse, Until my courier return from court With Gloriana's will. If it be death, I'll out again to sea, strew its rough floor With costlier largesses than kings can throw, And, ere I die, will singe the Spaniard's beard And set the fringe of his imperial robe Blazing along his coasts. Then let him roll His galleons round the little Golden Hynde, Bring her to bay, if he can, on the high seas, Ring us about with thousands, we'll not yield, I and my Golden Hynde, we ...
— Collected Poems - Volume One (of 2) • Alfred Noyes

... yeve I feyth and ful credence, And in myn herte have hem in reverence So hertely, that ther is game noon That fro my bokes maketh me to goon, But hit be seldom, on the holyday; Save, certeynly, whan that the month of May Is comen, and that I here the foules singe, And that the floures ginnen for to springe— Farwel my ...
— English Literature - Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World • William J. Long


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