sing 
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ToslngOUt to sh.,,,1 or nail (something) loudly. [Colloq.l singeing-lamp (sin'jing-lamp), . A lamp used 
"Who's there?" sung out the lieutenant. to singe the hair from a horse, instead of clip- 
"Torches," was the answer. ping it. It has a flat body, with an opening on 
M. Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, i. on e side of the light-chamber. E. H. Knigkt. 
To sing placebot. Sec ;*iw&n. To sing sorrowt, to gingeingly (sin'jing-li). <lr. With heat suffi- 
miild flnd The bodies of devils may be not only waiiu, but sindg- 
Though this were so, and your woish p shoi d find jn g*^ took one , j lc i allct hon's 
such a sword it would be of M rvice , only to t ... . / ft ' b the hand aml so gcol . che d her that she hare 
duhbed knights, like the balsam . as fo it he poo f<Iej the mark O J jt to her ,, i]1K daV] 
they may any sorrow. Jarns. ti ^ H Morf Anti j ote against Atheism, App. 
= Syn. 1. To carol, warble, chant, hymn. 
((K 
communion- 
~ 1 
d for the communion of 
ctions for Parish Priests 
E. T. S.), Notes, p. 69. 
1. The larger 
1'or tin 1 fraction 
called from the 
its inanu- 
SI _ 
singable 
I icing sung; 
But for the most part Mr. Gilbert has addressed him- 
self ... to the task of writing, for Sir Arthur Sullivan's 
music, pure twaddle, appropriate twaddle, exquisitely 
unstable twaddle. The Academy, Oct. 13, 1888, p. 247. 
Singableness (siug'a-bl-nes), . The quality 
of being singable ; appropriateness for singing. 
The sinriablencxt of poems and hymns. 
The Nation, March 30, 1871, p. 223. 
singe (sinj), r. I. ; pret. and pp. singed, ppr. 
singeing. [Karly mod. K. also xindge; an altered 
form of setuje (see note under English), < ME. 
Kciigcii, seeit'gen (pp. xeiinl, seyiitl. sengirl), < AS. 
"sc'iigan (in comp. besengait), singe, burn (= MD. 
senghen. D. zengen = OHG. xeiigau, teuton, 
MHG. G. xeitgcti', singe, scorch, parch, burn; cf. 
If the church always professed a communion, why have 
you one priest standing at the altar alone, with one ring- 
';,i'i ,-nkf for himself, which he showeth to the people to 
be seen and honoured, and not tn be eaten? 
Bp. Cooper, Defence of the Truth, p. 152. (Davus.) 
2. A wafer for sealing letters or other docu- 
ments. 
The letters, finished and scaled up with ringitig-cake, he 
delivered unto us. 
Mumlaii's KnoKsh Komayne Life, 1KOO (Harl. Misc., 
[VII. 139). (Varies.) 
St/le 1 . 
o __ x ___ o __,, ... E. si/tiger, si/ngare(= 
MLIi. sini/er = MHG. xingserc, singer, (i. singer) ; 
n* sing, v'., + -c/-l. The word took the place of singing-flame (smg'ing-flam), n. A flame, as 
the earlier noun songcr.~\ 1. One who sings; a gas-jet, which, when burned in a tube of 
one who makes music with the voice; specifi- proper length, produces a clear, musical note, 
cally, a trained or professional vocalist. singing-gallery (sing'ing-gal"e-n), H. A gal- 
I gat me men ringer* and women singers, and the de- 
lights of the sons of men, as musical instruments. 
Eccl. ii. 8. 
I remembered his fine voice ; I knew he liked to sing - 
good singers generally do. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxiv. 
2. In the early church and in the Greek Church, 
a member of one of the minor orders of clergy ; 
one who is ordained to sing in the church. The 
order existed as early as the third or fourth century. In 
' 'O' . ' 1 J f Oilier CXlBleU MS tally IM LUC uucu Vl IWUI HI wuvwyl . 
Icel. siingr. singed, burnt), causal ot mngaii tne ear iy church the singers were distinctively called cn- 
(pret. sang), sing, 'make to sing,' with refer- nonieal singers. 
ence to the singing or hissing noise made by 
singeing hair, and the sound given out by a 
burning log.] 1. To burn superficially ; espe- 
cially, to burn off the ends or projections of: 
as, to singe a fowl (to burn off the small downy 
or thready feathers left after plucking) ; to ainge 
cloth or calico (to burn off the projecting pile 
or nap) ; to singe the hair of the head. 
Thet uer [fire] . . . length and bernth ofte the huyte 
robe of chastete and of maydenhod. 
Ayenbite o.f Ituryt (E. E. T. S.), p. 229. 
Sevnd bacoun and somtyme an ey or tweye. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 25. 
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot 
That it do singe yourself. 
Shak., Hen. VIII., i. 1. 141. 
first book you 
Sirift, Advice to Servants (General Directions). 
2. To parch ; make arid and dry. 
The scorching sky 
lery occupied by singers, as in a church or ca- 
thedral: in New England often called the or- 
chestra. 
The balustrade of a singing-gallery (cantoria) in the Ca- 
thedral. V. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 139. 
Singing-hinny (sing'ing-hin'i), n. A rich 
kneaded cake, containing butter and currants, 
and baked on a griddle. Ualliwett. [Prov.Eng.] 
For any visitor who could stay, neither cream nor finest 
wheaten flour was wanting for "turf-cakes" and "singing- 
hinnies," with which it is the delight of the northern house- 
wives to regale the honoured guest, as he sips their high 
priced tea. Mrs. liaskett, Sylvia's Lovers, iv. 
singing-loaft (sing'ing-lof), H. Same as sing- 
ing-cake, 1. 
singingly (sing'ing-li), adr. In a singing man- 
ner; with sounds like singing. 
Counterfaite courtiers speaking lispingly, and answer- 
ing singingly. Xorth, Philosopher at Court (1676), p. 1. 
4. A bird that sings ; a bird that naturally singing-man (sing'ing-man), n. A man who 
sings well, or can be trained to sing tunes ; a sings or is employed to sing, as in cathedrals. 
The prince broke thy head for liking his father to a sing- 
ing-man of Windsor. Shak., t Hen. IV., ii. 1. 98. 
singing-master (sing' ing-mas 'ter), . A 
teacher of the art of singing ; specifically, the 
teacher of a singing-school. Also singing- 
teitcner. 
He ... employed an itinerant singingmaster ... to 
instruct them rightly in the tunes of the Psalms. 
Addison, Spectator, So. 112. 
3. One who composes or rehearses anything 
in verse. 
Let it suffice me that my murmuring rhyme 
Beats with light wing against the ivory gate, 
Telling a tale not too importunate 
To those who in the sleepy region stay, 
Lulled by the singer of an empty day. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, Int. 
singing bird: as, the male mocking-bird is a 
singer, but the female is not ; the canary is a 
good singer. 
singer 2 (sin'jer), n. [< iiiiigc + -ed.] One who 
or that which singes. Specifically, in calico-manuf.: 
(a) A person employed in singeing the nap olf the cloth. 
(6) A singeing-machine. 
3 
singer 1 + -ess.] A female singer. 
Alle the syngers and syngeresses. singine-muscle (siug'ing-mus"l), n. luornith., 
w d V' 2 Par - ^ chron - ) xx]v - 2 "' on* of the intrinsic syriugeal muscles of any 
Doth tinge the sandy wilds of spiceful Barbary. Singhalese, <t. and n. [Also Sinhalese, Cingalese, osc ine bird, serving to actuate the syrinx and 
Drai/ton, Polyolbion, v. 31 etc>( < siitltahi, 'of lions,' whence, through Pali thus modulate the voice in singing. Seesyrinr. 
. To act on with an effect similar to that of siJialan, Hind. Sildn, etc., come Ceylon and the singing-school (sing'ing-skol), . A school or 
See Cingalese. e i asg j n w hich singing is taught, together with 
the rudiments of musical notation and of har- 
heat : said of extreme cold. 
The corns of the ordinarie 
or rosted upon a red hot yroi 
those who are scorched and sindged 
[Rare.] 
other Eur. forms of the name.] 
See water-nut. 
n. [< ME. syngyug; verbal mO ny; a song-school. 
... __ The act, process, or result of singing-voice (sing'ing-vois), n. The voice as 
uttering sounds that are musical in quality or use ,j j u singing: opposed to speaking-voice. 
4. Figuratively, to injure superficially; come ne * esaion . chanting; cantillation. 1. ,L,>. V L^ !m_Z. 
near injuring seriously ; harm. ther ^ n(m ( , ner harpvnK 
Flirtation, after all, was not necessarily a n^erngprn- ner , ut g ner wwn((/ , F lier non lowde dysports. 
PaMon Letters, III. 31J. 
The time of the ringimj of birds is come, and the voice 
of the turtle is heard in our land. Cant. ii. 12. 
George Eliot, Middleman*, xxvii. 
'Twas truth sinyed the lies 
And saved me, not the vain sword nor weak speech ! 
Browning, Ring and Book, II. 67. 
Singed cat, a cat disfigured with burnt fur ; hence, a 
person of unprepossessing appearance, but of good sound 
character or qualities, or one whose reputation has been 
injured, but who is nevertheless deserving of regard. 
But I forgive ye, Tom. I reckon you're a kind of a singed 
cat, as the saying is better 'n you look. 
Mark Twain. Tom Sawyer, i. 
To Singe Off, to remove by singeing or burning. 
My master and his man are both broke loose, 
Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor, 
Whose heard they have singed o/with brands of fire. 
Shak.,C. of E., v. 1. 171. 
To singe one's beard, to deal a stinging insult to one. 
On the 19th of April 11687] he [Sir Francis Drake] en- 
tered the harbour of Cadiz. . . . and in the course of two 
nights and one day had sunk, burnt, or captured shipping 
of ten thousand tons lading. To use his own expressive 
phrase, he had ringed the Spanish king's beard. 
Knight, Popular Hist. Eng., III. 216. 
= Syn 1 Sear, etc. See scorch. 
Singe (sinj), n. [< singe, .] 1. A burning of si n gin g.book(8mg'in g :buk),. Abookcontain- 
the surface; a scorching; hence, a heat ca- i :_"_.._:_!!: r. ..__i.i. 
These are the limits for the human singing-voice. 
S. Lanier, Sci. of Eng. Verse, p. 28. 
Singing-woman (sing'ing-wum'an), H. A 
woman who sings or is employed to sing. 
2 Uhron. xxxv. 25. 
singio (sin'ji-6), n. [Native name.] A siluroid 
2. The act of telling, narrating, or describing fis |j of the y auges(i Saccobranehiis singio, having 
anything in verse. 3. A sensation as of a pro- the operci ,i ar g jn 8O modified that the fish is 
longed ringing sound in the ears or head; tin- oWn . trav ,.] i all( i. Oireu. 
longed ringing 
nitus aurium. 
I have a singing in my head like that of a cartwheel ; 
my brains are upon a rotation. 
Harington, Oceana (ed. 1771), p. 152. (Jodrrll.) 
Singings in the ear, gurglings in the throat: ... all 
these were ominous sleep- warnings. 
AnlhropoloifuxtlJoitr., XIX. 119. 
MelismatlC Singing. See melimnatic. 
singing (sing'ing),^. n. Of tones, sustained and 
sonorous, as if produced by a well-trained 
voice; cantabile. 
The cantabile notes [of the skylark] are long-sustained 
and delightfully inflected tones, which have a true sing- 
ing character. Appletoris Ann. Cyc., 1886, p. 90. 
singing-bird (sing'ing-berd), M. Same a 
ing bin! ('') (which see, under sing, v. i.). 
ing music for singing; a song-book. 
When shall we have a new set of singing-book*, or the 
viols? A. Brewer (f), Lingua, i. 9. 
pable of singeing, 
An appalling mystic light the singe and glow of the 
flame of the pit ! J. H. Shorthouse, Countess Eve, xi. . ,. 
2. An injury or hurt caused by singeing; a B ^^^^^rea^ 
superficial burn. 
singeing (sin'jing), . [Verbal n. of singe, r.] 
The act or process of burning superficially, 
specifically (a) Removal by fire of down and thread-fea- 
thers from a fowl after plucking. See the quotation under 
Hloplume. (b) The removal of the nap by heat in the prep- 
aration of calico for printing. See singe, v. t., 1. 
iiig-eiike, 1. 
Item, j box of 
Ponton Letters, I. 470. 
Same as .</</- 
[Inventory of plate belonging to 
[a Chapel.) 
The altar breads were of two kinds. The larger, called 
ringing-bread, were used for the sacrifice; the smaller, 
able to travel on land. Oicen. 
single 1 (sing'gl), it. and . [Early mod. E. also 
sengle (see note under English); < ME. single, 
sengle, < OF. single, sengle = Pg. singelo = It. 
singulo, singolo, '< L. siitgiilits, single, separate 
(usually in the pi. singuli, one by one), for *sin- 
eulux, 'simculus, < sim-, as in giw-ptex, simple, 
single (aftin to E. same : see simple, same), + 
dim. suffix -culm. Hence ult. singular.'] I. a. 
1. Being a unit, as distinguished from a num- 
ber : often used expletiyely for emphasis : as, 
not a single word was said. 
No single soul 
Can we set eye on. 
Shak., Cymbeline, iv. 2. 130. 
My Paper has not in it a single Word of News. 
Addison, Spectator, No. 262. 
2. Alone ; by one's self or by itself ; separate or 
apart from others ; unaccompanied or unaided ; 
detached; individual; particular. 
Each man apart, all single and alone, 
Yet an arch-villain keeps him company. 
Shak., T. of A., v. 1. 110. 
King. What, at your meditations ! Who attends you? 
Arethusa. None but my single self : I need no guard ; 
I do no wrong, nor fear none. 
Beau, and Fl., Philaster, Hi. 2. 
3. Unmarried ; also, pertaining to or involving 
celibacy: as, single life; the single state. 
