Singe

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Singed (sĭnjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing (sĭnj"ĭng).] 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.	To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
n.	1.	A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

Noun	1.	singe - a surface burn Synonyms: scorch
Verb	1.	singe - burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" Synonyms: swinge
	2.	singe - become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" Synonyms: scorch, sear

attaint, bedaub, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bestain, blacken, blister, blur, brand, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, coal, crack, cupel, darken, daub, dirty, discolor, flame, found, mark, mat burn, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, scald, second-degree burn, slubber, slur, smear, smirch, smoke, soil, solder, stain, stigmatize, sunburn, sunscald, swinge, taint, tarnish, third-degree burn, torrefy, vesicate, vulcanize, weld, windburn