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Webster 1913 Edition
Shingle
Shin′gle
,Noun.
[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.
Shin′gle
,Noun.
[OE.
shingle
, shindle
, fr. L. scindula
, scandula
; cf. scindere
to cleave, to split, E. shed
, v. t., Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], shingle, [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] 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.Shin′gle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shingled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shingling
.] 1.
To cover with shingles;
as, to
. shingle
a roofThey
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
,Verb.
T.
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
Webster 1828 Edition
Shingle
SHIN'GLE
,Noun.
1. A thin board sawed or rived for covering buildings. Shingles are of different lengths, with one end much thinner than the other for lapping. They are used for covering roofs and sometimes the body of the builking.
2. Round gravel, or a collection of roundish stones.
The plain of La Crau in France, is composed of shingle. Pinkerton.
3. Shingles, plu. [L. cingulum,] a kind of tetter or herpes which spreads around the body like a girdle; an eruptive disease.
SHIN'GLE
,Verb.
T.