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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
singe/sɪnʤ/

▶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.

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