| singe | 1. 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. "You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head!" (Shak) "I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass." (L'Estrange) 2. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame. Origin: OE. Sengen, AS. Sengan in besengan (akin to D. Zengen, G. Sengen), originally, to cause to sing, fr. AS. Singan to sing, in allusion to the singing or hissing sound often produced when a substance is singed, or slightly burned. See Sing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| singer's nodes | Small, circumscribed, bilateral, beadlike enlargements on the vocal cords caused by overuse or abuse of the voice; often reversible by voice therapy. Synonym: singer's nodes, singer's nodules, teachers' nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| singer's nodules | Small, circumscribed, bilateral, beadlike enlargements on the vocal cords caused by overuse or abuse of the voice; often reversible by voice therapy. Synonym: singer's nodes, singer's nodules, teachers' nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |