singe

The hot iron has slightly singed the cloth.

the fire had singed his eyebrows.

If the iron is too hot you'll singe that nightdress.

a grease fire that singed my eyelashes;

singed the Thanksgiving turkey, then roasted it.

Experimental results show that the pull of a singe track shoe is approximately between the two theoretical values including and excluding grouser effect.

Modern cloth preparation can be made by a continuous process to include singeing, desizing, bleaching, washing and drying ( or desize to drying ).

Wet processing of supermicro Tencel fabric is detailed, including singeing, enzyme scouring, low alkali mercerization, DP finish and softening, as well as preshrinking.