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SHINGLINGS
Noun
shinglings
plural of shingling
Source: Wiktionary
SHINGLING
Shin"gling, n.
1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
2. (Metal)
Definition: The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Shingling hammer, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron.
– Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.
SHINGLE
Shin"gle, n. Etym: [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.)
Definition: Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere.
Shin"gle, n. Etym: [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v.t., Gr.
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.
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.
Shin"gle, v. t.
Definition: To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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