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shingling |
3 definitions found 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]: Shingling \Shin"gling\, n. 1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles. 2. (Metal) The process of expelling scori[ae] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shingling n : (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
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