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swinge

UK/swɪnd͡ʒ/ uncommon archaic obsolete

verb

1.

burn superficially or lightly

  • “I singed my eyebrows”
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Origin

From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).

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