Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
(geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction;
2.
the laying on of shingles;
- Example: "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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 craft very
different from carpentry"