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singe         
  • ''Boy singeing a [[bat]]'s wings'', by [[Trophime Bigot]]
SLIGHT SCORCHING, BURN OR TREATMENT WITH FLAME
Singeing
¦ verb (singes, singeing, singed)
1. burn or be burnt lightly or superficially.
2. burn the bristles or down off (the carcass of a pig or fowl) to prepare it for cooking.
¦ noun a light or superficial burn.
Origin
OE sencgan, of W. Gmc origin.
singe         
  • ''Boy singeing a [[bat]]'s wings'', by [[Trophime Bigot]]
SLIGHT SCORCHING, BURN OR TREATMENT WITH FLAME
Singeing
(singes, singeing, singed)
If you singe something or if it singes, it burns very slightly and changes colour but does not catch fire.
The electric fire had begun to singe the bottoms of his trousers...
Toast the dried chillies in a hot pan until they start to singe.
VERB: V n, V
singe         
  • ''Boy singeing a [[bat]]'s wings'', by [[Trophime Bigot]]
SLIGHT SCORCHING, BURN OR TREATMENT WITH FLAME
Singeing
v. a.
Scorch, burn (slightly).

Wikipedia

Singe
A singe is a slight scorching, burn or treatment with flame. This may be due to an accident, such as scorching one's hair when lighting a gas fire, or a deliberate method of treatment or removal of hair or other fibres.
Examples of use of Singe
1. Since the Gridiron‘s motto is "singe but never burn," the show‘s humor is mostly gentle, a little corny.
2. Now in its 121st year, the Gridiron claims to "singe, but never burn." ___ On the Net: Gridiron Club: http://www.gridironclub.org/
3. Getting too close is dangerous because it gives off sudden flares that can singe anything they touch.
4. It was she who brought up religion, inviting him so saucily to her church to sit with kinky–haired Kafirs, the singe of Hellfire on them like the brown skin on barbecued drumsticks.
5. In the weeks to come, as the opposition steps up the heat it could singe the Congress–led government and its communist ally; the flames, already licking away at the feet of nervous party leader Sonia Gandhi.