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slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! Shak. I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. L'Estrange.

One who, or that which, singes. Specifically:

A songstress. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.

One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.

See Mastersinger.

A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of the twelfth to the middle of the fourteenth century. They were chiefly of noble birth, and made love and beauty the subjects of their verses.

To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger.

An alto singer. Alto clef (Mus.) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef, placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of the staff. Moore.

One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.] My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. Massinger.

To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.

. [Obs.] We'll dine in the great room, but let the music And banquet be prepared here. Massinger.

A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

Having two fronts. "Bifronted Janus." Massinger.

ld's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. In the blossom of my youth. Massinger.

rid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. Aria di bravura ( Etym: [It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.

To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.