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singe

verb
/sɪnd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

  1. derived from *senk-✻
  2. inherited from *sangijan✻
  3. inherited from senġan
  4. inherited from sengen

Definitions

  1. To burn slightly.

    • made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us

  2. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame,…

    To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.

  3. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A burning of the surface

      A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

    2. Obsolete form of sing.

      • Then ſange Iudith this ſonge vnto the LORDE: Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes, ſinge vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals.
      • Lo I the man, whoſe Muſe whilome did maske, / As time her taught in lowly Sheapards weeds, / Am now enforſt a far unfitter taske, / For trumpets ſterne to change mine oaten reeds, / And ſinge of Knights and Ladies gentle deeds[…]
      • [H]ere’s a couple of Syrenicall raſcals ſhall inchaunt yee: What ſhall they ſinge my good Lorde?

The neighborhood

Derived

besinge, singeingly, singe one's wings, unsinged

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA