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Shingle \Shin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shingled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Shingling}.]
1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.
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They shingle their houses with it. --Evelyn.
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2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all
over the head, as shingles on a roof.
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Shingle \Shin"gle\, v. t.
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron
from the pudding furnace.
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Shingle \Shin"gle\, n. [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse
gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.)
Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a
collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the
seashore and elsewhere.
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Shingle \Shin"gle\, n. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula,
scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v. t.,
Gr. ???, ???, shingle, ??? to slit.]
1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one
end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings,
especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping
the thin ends of the row below.
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I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very
poor cathedral church covered with shingles or
tiles. --Ray.
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2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's
shingle. [Jocose, U. S.]
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{Shingle oak} (Bot.), a kind of oak ({Quercus imbricaria})
used in the Western States for making shingles.
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