Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, the arrangement of flat pebbles or boulders in such a manner that they overlap like shingles. It is especially marked in the coarse gravel of a beach (shingle) or on the bottom of a swift river, and may be detected in conglomerates.
- noun The act of covering with shingles, or a covering of shingles.
- noun In metallurgy, the act or process of squeezing iron in the course of puddling. See
shingle , verb, 3. Also calledblooming .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
- noun (Metal) The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron.
- noun a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron.
- noun a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
shingle . - noun The act of covering with
shingles . - noun Shingles, collectively; a
covering made of shingles. - noun The process of
expelling scoriae and other impurities byhammering andsqueezing , in the production ofwrought iron .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (geology) sediment in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction
- noun the laying on of shingles
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Examples
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I learned from Steve Armes, an expert on academic methods, that this area-by-area method has also been called "shingling" and the "night shade" method, because it's like pulling down a night shade.
Area-By-Area Painting James Gurney 2008
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Many a dispute have I heard raging high between professed "beach-combers," as to whether the hides should be stowed "shingling," or "back-to-back, and flipper-to-flipper;" upon which point there was an entire and bitter division of sentiment among the savans.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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Many a dispute have I heard raging high between professed "beach-combers," as to whether the hides should be stowed "shingling," or back-to-back, and flipper-to-flipper; "upon which point there was an entire and bitter division of sentiment among the savans.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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I put an addition on our house and with the exception of pouring the foundation/garage floor and shingling the roof, I did everything.
Projects You Shouldn’t Try To DIY | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Another two high-impact examples from technology is Web search, where the Random Surfer notion in PageRank is directly related to randomized methods, and fast Web duplicate detection using shingling and randomization.
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What I can do is to teach you the skills I used — the metaphorical hammering, shingling, wiring, and so on — and let you build your own unique business.
How to actually build a barn, or a business, or whatever | Johnny B. Truant 2010
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While the finance wizards of Washington and Wall Street were laying a foundation for the economic collapse (and then shingling the roof and picking out the curtains) many of our progressive economist heroes saw the crisis coming and urged the institution of reforms that would have helped prevent it.
David Segal: Will We Finally Get a Seat at the Table? Help Pick a Replacement for Larry Summers David Segal 2010
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While the finance wizards of Washington and Wall Street were laying a foundation for the economic collapse and then shingling the roof and picking out the curtains many of our progressive economist heroes saw the crisis coming and urged the institution of reforms that would have helped prevent it.
David Segal: Will We Finally Get a Seat at the Table? Help Pick a Replacement for Larry Summers David Segal 2010
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Over the last couple weeks, workers have been re-shingling the roofs of my complex.
Annoyance pandora1723 2008
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When we got all the old shingling off, we could come pick up an air compressor and a pneumatic nail gun.
Freud’s Blind Spot Elisa Albert 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word shingling
"In geology, the arrangement of flat pebbles or boulders in such a manner that they overlap like shingles. It is especially marked in the coarse gravel of a beach (shingle) or on the bottom of a swift river, and may be detected in conglomerates."
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March 6, 2012