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  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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