singe vs smelt

singe

verb
  • To burn slightly. 

  • 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. 

noun
  • A burning of the surface; a slight burn. 

smelt

verb
  • To fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld. 

noun
  • Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe. 

  • Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal. 

  • Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production. 

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