Definition of shingle

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Shingle (n.) 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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Frow :: Frow (n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower..
Bare :: Bare (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather..
Shingled :: Shingled (imp. &. p. p.) of Shingl.
Groin :: Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
Shingler :: Shingler (n.) A machine for shingling puddled iron.
Shingle :: Shingle (n.) A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle..
Beach :: Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle..
Herpes :: Herpes (n.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Throe :: Throe (n.) A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) To form by cutting with a saw; as, to saw boards or planks, that is, to saw logs or timber into boards or planks; to saw shingles; to saw out a panel..
Zoster :: Zoster (n.) Shingles.
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles..
Shingle :: Shingle (v. t.) To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace..
Imbrication :: Imbrication (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure..
Shingler :: Shingler (n.) One who shingles.
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting..
Shingling :: Shingling (n.) The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles..
Tack :: Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder..
Shindle :: Shindle (n.) A shingle; also, a slate for roofing..
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