Definition of shingle

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Shingle (v. t.) To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof..

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Shindle :: Shindle (n.) A shingle; also, a slate for roofing..
Groin :: Groin (n.) A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle.
Throe :: Throe (n.) A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
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..
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.) Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere..
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..
Shingled :: Shingled (imp. &. p. p.) of Shingl.
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..
Rive :: Rive (v. t.) To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles..
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..
Beach :: Beach (n.) Pebbles, collectively; shingle..
Zoster :: Zoster (n.) Shingles.
Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..
Shingly :: Shingly (a.) Abounding with shingle, or gravel..
Shingle :: Shingle (v. t.) To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof..
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..
Shingler :: Shingler (n.) A machine for shingling puddled iron.
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 (n.) A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle..
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