Sinch vs Singe - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between sinch and singe

is that sinch is alternative form of lang=en (simple saddle girth used in Mexico while singe is a burning of the surface; a slight burn.

is that sinch is to gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle) while singe is to burn slightly.

(es)

(simple saddle girth used in Mexico)

(transitive, US, Western US) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle).

to sinch up a saddle

(Webster 1913)

(d)

To burn slightly.

* L'Estrange

I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass.

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.

* scorch

(en noun)

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

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