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
Singe, n.
Defn: A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
SINGER
Sin"ger, n. Etym: [From Singe.]
Defn: One who, or that which, singes. Specifically: (a) One employed to singe cloth. (b) A machine for singeing cloth.
SINGER
Sing"er, n. Etym: [From Sing.]
Defn: One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
SINGERESS
Sing"er*ess, n.
Defn: A songstress. [Obs.] Wyclif.