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   Shingle (?), 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.
   
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   Shingle, 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.
   
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   I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray.
   
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   2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, “to hang out one's shingle”. [Jocose, U. S.]
   
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   Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles.
   
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   Shingle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling (?).]
   1. To cover with shingles; as, “to shingle a roof”.
   
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   They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn.
   
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   2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.
   
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   Shingle, v. t. To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
   
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