单词 | singe |
释义 | singen. The act or effect of singeing; a slight surface burn, a scorch. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [noun] > singeing swealingc1410 singeingc1440 swingea1640 singe1658 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 34 Other incinerable substances were found so fresh, that they could feel no sindge from fire. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 159 I could not be cast into the furnace and come forth without a singe. 1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. xiii. 123 Lafayette traversed a purgatory of human passions without a singe from any flame. 1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram 722 Break fire's law.., although the penalty Be just a singe? 1888 J. H. Shorthouse Countess Eve xi An appalling mystic light—the singe and glow of the flame of the pit! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). singev. 1. transitive. a. Of persons, etc.: To burn (something) superficially or lightly, to burn the ends or edges of (hair, wings, etc.); esp. to subject (the carcass of a pig, fowl, or other animal) to flame or fire in order to remove the bristles or hair. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > singe singec1000 sweal1543 razzle1855 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to superficial burning singec1000 besinge1340 sing1543 singea1616 sweal1669 c1000 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) I. 436 Gyme eac swan ðæt he æfter sticunge his slyht-swyn wel behweorfe, sæncge. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 349 For who so wolde senge a Cattes skyn, Thanne wolde the Cat wel dwellen in his In. a1420 Wycliffite Bible Lev. xxiii. 11 (margin) The eeris of corn weren sengid in fier, and the cornes..weren schakun out. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 90 He wold not they shold vse ony yron..but to brenne and senge his heeris. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 718/1 Take away this candell, I have synged my heare. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 152v With a flame made with strawe, or stickes, syng him. 1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 42 No man blameth the candle..though butter flyes sindge theyr winges in it. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xiv. 167 He..fetcht in two young Pigs: not long he staid, But kill'd, sindg'd, jointed, roasted. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 112. ⁋2 [He] either clipped the Wings, or singed the Tails, of his innocent Captives. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper iii. 45 Take your Goose ready dress'd, singe it and pour over it a Quart of boiling Milk. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 103 The hunters..will venture so near as sometimes to singe his hair with the flash of the rifle. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xl. 345 If the hair is..to be dressed, singed, shampooed. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] burna1000 forburnOE forswealc1000 swealc1000 to burn upc1175 forswithea1250 to-brenna1300 singea1400 scorchc1475 combust1483 combure1570 toast1577 flame1582 embroil1667 flagrate1756 underburn1841 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > cauterizing > cauterize [verb (transitive)] brandc1440 sear1482 burn1483 cauterize?1541 cauterizate1576 to sear up1602 singe1627 a1400–50 Alexander 5206 We sall his cite & him-selfe synge in-to poudire. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 242 Who will forget Catania? of high fame For pietie of brothers sindg'd in flame. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 362 It must needes bee some griefe,..to the Patient to haue an old festered sore searched and sindged. c. technical. To pass (a woven fabric) over a heated plate or roller, or through gas flame, in order to remove superfluous fibres, or to dress the nap. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > treat or process textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > pass through flame to remove fibres singe1728 gas1825 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Sheering Some use the Phrase Sheering of Hats, for the passing of Hats made of Wooll, over the Flame of a clear Fire... Others call this Flaming and others Sindging. 1800 Patent Specif., Bleaching, Dyeing, etc. (1859) 78 All kinds of woollen cloth..may be finished..by singeing instead of cropping or shearing. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1139 In some shops, semi-cylinders of copper..have been substituted for those of iron, in singeing goods prior to bleaching them. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 369 For goods to be finely printed both sides are singed. 2. a. Of fire or flame: To burn (something) slightly or superficially. Also technical (cf. 1c). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > slightly or superficially singe1340 rostle1440 sing1543 swinge1590 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 229 Þet uer þet zengþ and bernþ ofte þe huyte robe of chastete and of maydenhod. 1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 27 They..take a light candell..which sengieth and brenneth away the cotton of the same fustyan. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclvv It singed trees and turned them vp by the rootes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 78 Thus hath the candle singd the moath. View more context for this quotation 1659 R. Lovelace Poems (1864) 191 The fire Might sindge thy upper down attire. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 461 The..smoake & fiery vapour, continud so intense, my haire being almost seinged. 1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. ii. iii. 202 It did not singe their clothes or hair. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) vii. 159 A bright flash of lightning seemed to singe our beards. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 813/2 The flame applied directly under the roller singes the cloth thoroughly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > affect or injure with intense cold or frost frostbite1574 frostnip1600 singe1600 freezea1616 frost1623 touch1794 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. xxxii. 411 The cattell, sheepe, oxen, and horses, singed with cold. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 319 Hogs grease..healeth burns and scaldings, yea, though one were scortched and sendged with snow. 3. To take off, remove, by superficial burning. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away > from the position of being on > by superficial burning singea1616 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > to superficial burning singec1000 besinge1340 sing1543 singea1616 sweal1669 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 172 The Doctor, Whose beard they haue sindg'd off with brands of fire. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 348 Depose their erroneous Doctrines, and Traditions, and have them as it were sindged off. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 380 The galeon's colours being singed off the ensign staff in the beginning of the engagement. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 415 These operations consist generally of singing the superfluous fibres from the surface of the cloth, by drawing it over hot irons. 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. ii. 48 Singeing-furnace, a heated surface of copper, over which the strip of cotton is drawn rapidly.., by which the light airy filaments are singed from the surface of the cloth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1658v.c1000 |
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