scorch, singe
(noun) a surface burn
singe, swinge
(verb) burn superficially or lightly; “I singed my eyebrows”
scorch, sear, singe
(verb) become superficially burned; “my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
singe (third-person singular simple present singes, present participle singeing, simple past and past participle singed)
(transitive) To burn slightly.
• L'Estrange
(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
• scorch
singe (plural singes)
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
• Giens, Gines, Niges, Signe, gines, segni, sengi
Source: Wiktionary
Singe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed; p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing.] Etym: [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.
Singe, n.
Definition: A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2025
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
