Minged vs Singed - What's the difference?
minged | singed |
(ming)
To mix, blend, mingle.
(obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
(UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
(British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
(British, slang) To be foul smelling.
(singe)
To burn slightly.
* L'Estrange
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, etc.) by passing it over a flame.
As verbs the difference between minged and singed
is that minged is past tense of ming while singed is past tense of singe.minged
English
Verb
(head)ming
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mingen, mengen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* minge, mengVerb
- the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].
Etymology 2
Backformation from (minging).Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) mingen, mengen, mungen, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)singed
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * *singe
English
Verb
(d)- I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.