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Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a
collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and
elsewhere. |
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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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A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's
shingle. |
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To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. |
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To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed
all over the head, as shingles on a roof. |
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To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of
iron from the pudding furnace. |