A dirty, barefooted maid was sitting on a trunk, and, having undone her pale-colored plait, was pulling it straight and sniffing at her singed hair.
It's difficult to tell, but it might be a little singed at the edges as well.
The flesh is then singed by a blowtorch to improve its appearance.
He fell to the ground, with the right side of his head, badly singed.
In the ruins of the house I noticed an English Language textbook printed by Oxford University Press, singed at the edges.