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The wood was singed by the candle.
the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way
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There’s nothing worse than seeing the steam coming from your tools and inhaling the scent of singeing, burning hair.
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After several years of regaling the leading lights of Restoration London with his tales of singeing the Don’s beard, Morgan realized that respectable society was beginning to lose interest in him.
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Samuel Johnson, one recalls, a ferociously unsociable reader, and blind as a bat, was constantly in danger of singeing his wig against his candle.
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Gus's chicken comes hot enough to burn your fingers and seasoned to singe your tongue, but never too much.
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Tang starts by singeing the pork belly to remove the hairs before placing it in a marinade of dark soy sauce, sesame oil, five-spice powder, honey, Chinese cooking wine, and sugar.
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Spicy Buffalo sauce won't singe your tongue but adds enough bite and tang to set off the tots.
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The conflagration of her personality is only rarely brought near enough to singe.
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In most cases, the scalp irritation may consist of redness, burning, singeing, or itching.
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Origin and Etymology of singe
Middle English sengen, from Old English sæncgan, sengan; akin to Old High German bisengan to singe, Old Church Slavonic isęknǫti to dry up
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First Known Use: before 12th century
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States like North Carolina and Florida have a singe countywide district - unlike Ohio where Cuyahoga County has 31 separate small districts.
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Connor Diem led the scoring with five goals, while Hawks with singe goals were David Sexton, Brayden Shue and Austin Borns.
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There's a funky lyric video to accompany the singe's release.
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Iweala writes beautifully about DC (his hometown), and the Nigeria set piece sings and singes.
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Miami has played in a franchise record 16 straight games that have been decided by singe digits, registering a 5-11 record during that stretch.
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While Sinn Fein effectively wants the region to remain in the bloc, the Democratic Unionist Party want the U.K. to exit the customs union and singe market.
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Gently transfer oranges onto rack in a singe layer.
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Cripps would provide child care while the singe mother(s) would go to work.
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