Singe
Singe (sinj) , transitive verb
[Old English sengen, Anglo-Saxon sengan in besengan (akin to Dutch zengen, German sengen), originally, to cause to sing, from Anglo-Saxon 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!
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.
Singe , noun
A burning of the surface; a slight burn.