Shingling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shingle \Shin"gle\, 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shingling \Shin"gling\, n.
     1. The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively;
        a covering made of shingles.
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     2. (Metal) The process of expelling scoriae and other
        impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production
        of wrought iron.
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     {Shingling hammer}, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery,
        used in shingling puddled iron.
  
     {Shingling mill}, a mill or forge where puddled iron is
        shingled.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shingling
       n 1: (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly
            tilted in the same direction
       2: the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a draft very
          different from carpentry"