Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shingle"
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) 1.7 (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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