| Shingle (shingle) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Shin"gle |
| [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 (shingle) |
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| n. | |
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| Shin"gle |
|
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.
A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang
out one's shingle.
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| Shingle (shingle) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Shin"gle |
|
To cover with shingles]
as, to shingle a roof.
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 (shingle) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Shin"gle |
|
To subject to the
process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding
furnace.
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