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shingle

-1 n. மரப்பாவோடு, நீள் சதுர மரச்சில்லோடு, தூபிக்குரிய கடை விளம்பரப்பட்டி, சிறுவிளம்பரப் பலகை, தலைமயிர் வேனிற் குறுவெட்டு, (வினை.) மோட்டுக்கு மரப்பாவோடிடு, தலைமயிர் வகையில் வேனிற் குறுவெட்டாகக் கத்தரித்துவிடு, ஆள்வகையில் தலைமயிரை வேனிற் குறுவெட்டாக்கு.-2 n. கூழாங்கல், கழற்கல், கடற்கரைக் கூழாங்கற்பரப்பு, கழற்கரை, கூழாங்கற்கரை, கழல்மேடு, கூழாங்கல் மேடு.


Shin"gle, n. Etym: [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.) Defn: Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere. Shin"gle, n. Etym: [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v.t., Gr. 1. 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. I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray. 2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles. Shin"gle, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Shingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling.] 1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn. 2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof. Shin"gle, v. t. Defn: To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace. Shin"gle, n. Etym: [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.) Defn: Round, water-worn, and loose gravel and pebbles, or a collection of roundish stones, such as are common on the seashore and elsewhere. Shin"gle, n. Etym: [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v.t., Gr. 1. 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. I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. Ray. 2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles. Shin"gle, v. t. [imp. &. p. p. Shingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shingling.] 1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof. They shingle their houses with it. Evelyn. 2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof. Shin"gle, v. t. Defn: To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.


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