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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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