vt. 责打, 烤焦

[ verb ]
burn superficially or lightly
<verb.change> singe
I singed my eyebrows

Swinge \Swinge\, n.
1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.
[Obs.] --Waller.

2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]


Swinge \Swinge\ (sw[i^]nj), v. & n.
See {Singe}. [Obs.] --Spenser.


Swinge \Swinge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swinged} (sw[i^]njd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Swingeing} (sw[i^]nj"[i^]ng).] [OE. swengen,
AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See {Swing}.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.

I had swinged him soundly. --Shak.

And swinges his own vices in his son. --C. Dryden.

2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.]

Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.
--Milton.