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.
This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title.
And Monsieur Bergeret went on to relate the following story: “I met Jean Coq, Jean Mouton, Jean Laiglon and Gilles Singe at the Exhibition, where they were listening to the creaking of the footbridges.
It was an old signboard jocularity in France to represent St John the Baptist by a monkey with cambric (batiste) ruffles and wristbands, (singe en batiste.
Mine eares to parables will I encline, And singevnto my harpe, of things deuine.
For this shall euerie good man singe Thy praise, And I shall thanke and blesse Thee all my dayes.
Hector, perhaps, may think I won't, But singe my whiskers if I don't!
Singe my old beard if I'd have proffer'd 'Bove half as much!
Be advis'd: Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself.
Mr. Moon will singe your wings if you're not careful.
With greater ease the bold Rutulian may, With hissing brands, attempt to burn the sea, Than singe my sacred pines.
Eternally by paynes thou purchacedst, While Car must liue in care, who was thy friend, Nor cares he how he liue, so in the end He may inioy his dearest Lord and thee; 45 And sitt and singe more skilfull songs eternally.
Before drawing, singe the bird, then give it a thorough bath with soapsuds and a soft scrubbing brush.
Draw the ducks as soon as they are received, pluck, singe and wipe them with a damp cloth, but under no conditions wash them.
Clean and singe your duck; have a dish with boiling water enough to cover same, in which you put a tablespoonful of salt and a little carrot; parboil for only five minutes; then take out and dry.
It is a good plan tosinge injured poultry over lighted charcoal, and to hold a piece of lighted charcoal inside, a few minutes.
We find it easy to tread on and crush a worm that we see crawling on the earth; so 'tis easy for us to cut or singe a slender thread that any thing hangs by; thus easy is it for God, when he pleases, to cast his enemies down to hell.
Plunge it in a pot of scalding hot water; then pluck off the feathers, taking care not to tear the skin; when it is picked clean, roll up a piece of white paper, set fire to it and singe off all the hairs.
Dust a liberal quantity of powdered sugar over it, and singe the sugar into neat stripes with a hot iron rod, heated in the coals; pour a glass of warm Jamaica rum around it, and when it is placed on the table set fire to the rum.
Singe the chicken, and split down the back, if not already prepared; and wipe with a damp cloth.
Ne were thow wont so merily to singe 245 That to myn herte it was a reioisinge To here thy vois?
Is this to yow a thing that is honest, That swich a boy shal walken as him lest (110) In your despyt, and singe of swich sentence, Which is agayn your lawes reverence?
Thou shalt na-more, thurgh thy flaterye, Do me to singe and winke with myn yë.
And certeinly he hadde a mery note; 235 Wel coude he singe and pleyen on a rote.
It mought make out ter singe this stranger's hair an' hide, ef we war ter gin him a duckin' thar.
And whan he was from every mannes sighte, 635 With softe voys he, of his lady dere, That was absent, gan singe as ye may here.
The great Pandu Singe soon returns to his own country," replied Nick.
I am making a study of the Hindoo language just at this time, and I would like to consult Pandu Singe about certain books on the subject.
He soon persuaded the foreigner to grant his request, moreover, and the amazement of Pandu Singe and the interpreter were redoubled when they beheld what followed.
The great Pandu Singewill not keep your carriage waiting!
Hearing no reports or complaints about the missing reptile, however, Pandu Singe had come to the conclusion that the snake had died in the den and then been devoured by one of his companions in captivity.
Through the interpreter Nick quickly explained his business, and saw a look of surprise appear on the face of Pandu Singe when inquiries were made about the loss of a snake.
I wish to know, in corroboration of my suspicions, whether Pandu Singe has missed any of his infernal reptiles.
Pandu Singe was a tall, swarthy man, with straight, black hair, an Indian cast of features, and a pair of intensely black and piercing eyes.
Take four spring chickens, put some alcohol on a plate, light it, and pass your chickens over the flame, to singe off any hair which may remain.
Singe and remove the skin from the feet, and cut them in small pieces, as also four ounces of larding pork.
Prepare and clean four canvas-back ducks, pass them over some lighted alcohol to singe the hair; wash them well, and do not cut off the heads.
In picking it, carefully remove every plug or vestige of feathers, and singe off the hairs, by holding the bird to the fire, with a lighted piece of writing paper.
In picking, remove every plug and hair, and then singeit with writing-paper.
