Singe

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A singe is a slight scorching, burn or treatment with flame. This is especially done to hair.

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[edit] Accidental

Singeing of hair results from exposure to extreme heat or flame, for example, when lighting a gas fire.

[edit] Hairdressing

A singe is a treatment available at a barbers.[1] A lit taper or other device is used to lightly burn and shrivel the hair. This is supposed to have beneficial effects - sealing cut ends, closing up the follicles, preventing the hair from bleeding and encouraging it to grow.[2]

Sir Francis Drake was famously said to have singed the King of Spain's beard when he raided Cadiz and burnt the Spanish fleet.[3]

[edit] Food

Poultry and pork is singed to remove stub feathers and bristles.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ (1943) Trade Training and Vocational Guidance. Preston School of Industry, 241. 
  2. ^ Joe S. Riley, W. E. Daglish (1996). Zone Reflex Plus Translation Diet: Hydro-Therapy and Swedish Massage, 74. ISBN 0787311243. 
  3. ^ Jocelyn R. Rentoul (1983), “Management of the Hirsute Woman”, International Journal of Dermatology 22 (5): 265–272