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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Shingle :: Shingle (v. t.) To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace..
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..
Siding :: Siding (n.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like..
Shingle :: 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..
Shingle :: Shingle (v. t.) To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof..
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..
Shingly :: Shingly (a.) Abounding with shingle, or gravel..
Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Lying over each other in regular order, so as to break joints, like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation..
Broadleaf :: Broadleaf (n.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit..
Shingle :: Shingle (v. t.) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
Shingler :: Shingler (n.) One who shingles.
Shindle :: Shindle (n.) A shingle; also, a slate for roofing..
Wallaba :: Wallaba (n.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles..
Shingling :: Shingling (n.) The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles..
Beach :: Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle..
Zoster :: Zoster (n.) Shingles.
Shingler :: Shingler (n.) A machine for shingling puddled iron.
Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one..
Shingles :: Shingles (n.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain..
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