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shingle


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  I  reached  St  Asaph,  .  .  .  where  there  is  a  very 
  poor  cathedral  church  covered  with  shingles  or 
  tiles.  --Ray. 
 
  2.  A  sign  for  an  office  or  a  shop;  as  to  hang  out  one's 
  shingle.  [Jocose,  U.  S.] 
 
  {Shingle  oak}  (Bot.),  a  kind  of  oak  ({Quercus  imbricaria}) 
  used  in  the  Western  States  for  making  shingles. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shingle  \Shin"gle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &.  p.  p.  {Shingled};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Shingling}.] 
  1.  To  cover  with  shingles;  as  to  shingle  a  roof. 
 
  They  shingle  their  houses  with  it  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  To  cut,  as  hair,  so  that  the  ends  are  evenly  exposed  all 
  over  the  head,  as  shingles  on  a  roof. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shingle  \Shin"gle\,  v.  t. 
  To  subject  to  the  process  of  shindling,  as  a  mass  of  iron 
  from  the  pudding  furnace. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shingle 
  n  1:  building  material  used  as  siding  or  roofing  [syn:  {shake}] 
  2:  coarse  beach  gravel  of  small  water-worn  stones  and  pebbles 
  (or  a  stretch  of  shore  covered  with  such  gravel) 
  3:  a  small  signboard  outside  the  office  of  a  lawyer  or  doctor, 
  e.g. 
  v  :  cover  with  shingles;  "shingle  a  roof" 




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