shinglen.1
/ˈʃɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1.
a.
(a) A thin piece of wood having parallel sides and one end thicker than the other, used as a house-tile.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece split off > thin for roofing
shinglec1200
spoon1316
thack-board1354
shindle1585
shingle-board1589
c1200 Vices & Virtues 95 Ðe faste hope..is rof and wrikð alle ðe hire bieð beneðen mid ðe scincles of holie þohtes.
c1305 Land Cokaygne 57 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 157 Þe scingles alle Of cherche cloister boure and halle.
1335–6 in J. Bayley Hist. Tower London (1821) App. i. p. ij Item in defectibus aulæ domini regis in coopertura, shyngles, coquinæ, pistrinæ.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxviii The laþþe..is nailed þwarteouer to þe rafters and theron hongeþ sclattes, tile, and schingels.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 610/13 Scindula, a shyngul.
1510 J. Stanbridge Vocabula (W. de W.) B iv b Scandula, a shyngylles [sic].
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 105 Shyngles..are to be cut betwixt midde Winter, and the beginning of the Westerne windes.
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Ripia A lath, a single.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ 214 Shingles are to be preferred before Thatch.
1785 Gentleman's Mag. 55 ii. 49 The houses are almost all of wood, covered with the same; the roof with shingles.
1818 W. Cobbett Let. 10 Dec. in Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 387 Your house..covered with cedar shingles.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 299 The Jura cottage..is covered with thin slit fine shingles.
(b) collective singular.
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c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5874 Arthour smot on hem, saunfaile, So on þe singel doþe þe haile.
c1340 Nominale (Skeat) 481 Couert oue tiel ou cene, Hilde with tile or with schyngle.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. lxxv Heled weel with shyngul, tile, or broom.
1552 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1872) 8 128 For makyng vj thowsen of schyngle & iiij honder xxix s.
1557 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 58 Re'd of mr Vicar for olde Shengle vid.
1575 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 65 For on thowsand of shyngle xviiis.
1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 132 Their roofs of shingle or of thatch.
1899 S. Baring-Gould Vicar of Morwenstow ix The roof was covered with oak shingle.
b. figurative phr. (originally Australian colloquial). a shingle short: ‘a tile loose’: said of one who is mentally deficient.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [adjective]
witlessc1000
fonda1400
brainless1434
doitedc1450
feeble-minded1534
half-witted1712
fatuous1773
a screw loose1810
losta1822
balmy1851
a shingle short1852
retardate1912
mental1927
subcultural1931
psychological1952
1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. i. 17 Let no man having, in colonian phrase, ‘a shingle short’ try this coun[t]ry.
1885 R. C. Praed Head Station II. xviii. 6 I've been given to understand that poets are usually a shingle short.
1957 J. Frame Owls do Cry 26 Francie Withers has a brother who's a shingle short.
1966 P. White Solid Mandala 82 He accepted Arthur his twin brother, who was, as they put it, a shingle short.
1968 Southerly 28 3 Royal said: ‘I reckon we're a shingle short to 'uv ended up on the Parramatta Road.’
c. gen. A piece of board. (Cf. shingle-board n. at Compounds 2.)
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank
boardc1000
plank1294
shingle-boardc1300
shotboard1310
planch1344
plancher1408
theal1517
broad1535
brod1643
mahogany plank1739
shingle1825
1825 W. Scott Betrothed ii, in Tales Crusaders I. 19 A long low hall, built of rough wood lined with shingles.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 150 A piece of shingle, which he was pretending to whittle, after the fashion of your ‘nait'ral born’ Yankee.
1844 Catholic Weekly Instructor 114 The hut was low, built of shingles.
1894 E. Banks Campaigns Curiosity 143 I had neglected to provide myself with a shingle, with small holes, in which to place my flowers, to make them stand upright.
d. U.S. A small sign-board. to hang out (or set up) one's shingle, to begin to practise a profession.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > signboard > [noun]
signc1400
senye1569
signboard1632
show-board1740
shingle1847
fireboard1851
1847 J. M. Field Drama in Pokerville (Bartlett 1860) The ‘No Admittance!’ which frowned from a shingle over the door.
1865 J. G. Holland Plain Talks iv. 131 When a boy changes his roundabout for a coat, he is ready to ‘stick out his shingles’.
1879 A. W. Tourgée Fool's Errand i. 10 He studied law..and hung out his shingle.
1944 V. W. Brooks World of Washington Irving xvi. 308 Catlin hung out his shingle as a portrait-painter and made a little money for his next trip.
1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie i. 8 He had hung up his shingle and commenced the practice of criminal law in the lower courts.
1977 Time 22 Aug. 48/2 Any academic can set up his shingle and be a literary critic.
e. A style of cutting women's hair short, as in the bob, but with the back hair shingled (cf. shingle v.1 2a). Also, hair cut in this way.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > layered
shingle1924
bingle1925
layer cut1964
wedge1976
1924 Hairdressing Feb. (caption) Based on the ‘shingle’.
1927 F. E. Baily Golden Vanity xvii. 265 Doris powdered her face, combed her dark shingle, lit a cigarette, and picked up her beef cubes.
1945 N. Mitford Pursuit of Love xx. 172 She had a short canary-coloured shingle (windswept) and wore trousers.
1975 G. Howell In Vogue 13/1 The small pitted cloche brought in the bob, which became the ‘shingle’ or the ‘bingle’ of the twenties.
2. passing into adj. = (a) consisting of, covered or built with, shingles, as shingle house, shingle roof; (b) used in making shingles, as shingle machine, shingle saw.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof
thatched1467
side?a1475
thacked1530
vaulted1552
shingleda1563
slated1611
unshingled1611
high-pitch1614
slate-pointed1648
killesed1649
hipped1663
pantiledc1672
overpitched1677
underpitched1677
low-pitcheda1684
pitched1773
theeked1792
peaked1797
shingle1810
thackless1810
choppered1818
wagon-headed1823
unlathed1854
break-back1856
shingly1857
saddleback1861
scaled1862
gambrelled1863
thatchy1864
weather-slated1870
thatchless1882
weather-tiled1887
monopitch1941
tile-roofed1962
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [adjective] > covered with shingles
shingleda1563
shingle1810
shingly1857
1810 W. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) I. 245 More pleasing in the sight of Heaven..than building a dozen shingle church steeples.
1820 W. Irving Legend Sleepy Hollow in Sketch Bk. vi. 73 His imagination expanded with the idea, how they might be readily turned into..shingle palaces in the wilderness.
1848–54 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shingle-roofed, having a roof covered with shingles.
1848 E. B. Browning Runaway Slave in Liberty Bell 33 When the shingle-roof rang sharp with the rains.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shingle-machine, an American machine for riving, shaving, and jointing shingles, which is capable of making 30,000 per day.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Shingle-mill, a saw-mill for cutting planks or logs into shingles.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 56 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Board and shingle sugar-houses.
1882 R. Grimshaw Suppl. to Grimshaw on Saws 235 One we know of is running a 42-inch shingle saw in heading 1500 revolutions per minute.
1899 S. Baring-Gould Vicar of Morwenstow ix A shingle roof he would have or none at all.
1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air i. 19 Snoring with a shrill gutter like a shingle~saw slicing knotty cedar.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.Several other compounds are given in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. and the recent U.S. dictionaries.
a.
shingle-laden adj.
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1881 Chicago Times 14 May The vessel is shingle-laden.
shingle-laying n.
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1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xv. 279 Shingle-laying is sometimes paid by the thousand.
shingle-maker n.
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1792 in E. G. Ingham Sierra Leone (1894) iii. 46 Bakers, 4... Shingle Maker, 1.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. iii A shingle-maker's shed.
shingle-wise adv.
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1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 46 Scales..apt to be imbricated, or fixed shingle-wise.
b.
shingle effect n. (sense 1e.)
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1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See x. 152 Her blond hair was cut in..bangs on the forehead, a shingle effect at the back of her head.
C2. † shingle-board n. Obsolete = sense 1, 1c.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank
boardc1000
plank1294
shingle-boardc1300
shotboard1310
planch1344
plancher1408
theal1517
broad1535
brod1643
mahogany plank1739
shingle1825
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > piece split off > thin for roofing
shinglec1200
spoon1316
thack-board1354
shindle1585
shingle-board1589
c1300 in Black Bk. Admiralty (Rolls) II. 192 Menu bord qe lem appele baryl bord ou shyngel-bord.
1589 R. Hakluyt tr. C. Adams in Princ. Navigations ii. 286 The roofes..are couered with shingle boordes.
1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 13 Lined with shingle-boards, or wainscot-plankes.
shingle cap n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > accessories worn in the hair > [noun] > net or guard
hair-guard1864
pug1866
fringe-net1899
shingle cap1926
1926 Vogue Late Nov. 85 (caption) A charming little shingle cap for night wear.
1934 A. Christie Murder on Orient Express ii. xi. 146 She had on a shingle cap and I only saw the back of her head.
shingle-nail n. a nail used in fixing shingles in building.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > nail > roofing nails
roof nail1284
shingle-nail1303
spoon-nailc1310
tile-pin1338
lead-nail1355
spoon-brod1361
stone-brod1363
stone-nail1469
slate-pin1579
shank1716
slate-peg1875
slate-nail1880
1303–4 Acc. Chamberl. Chester (1910) 42 Bord~nail, schingelneil, latnail.
1554 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 55 Half a m of syngle nayle.
1867 J. R. Lowell Fitz Adam's Story 417 He had been known to cut a fig in two And change a board-nail for a shingle-nail.
1885 E. S. Morse Japanese Homes (1886) 79 Bamboo pins..are used as shingle-nails.
shingle net n. a cap-shaped hair-net for preserving the hairstyle in bed.
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1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances ix. 89 She had bought..three shingle nets.
shingle-oak n. (a) the laurel oak, Quercus imbricaria; (b) the she-oak.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > oak and allies > [noun] > other oaks
red oakOE
cerre-tree1577
gall-tree1597
robur1601
kermes1605
live oak1610
white oak1610
royal oak1616
swamp-oak1683
grey oak1697
rock oak1699
chestnut oak1703
water oak1709
Spanish oak1716
turkey-oak1717
willow oak1717
iron oak1724
maiden oak1725
scarlet oak1738
black jack1765
post oak1775
durmast1791
mountain chestnut oak1801
quercitron oak1803
laurel oak1810
mossy-cup oak1810
rock chestnut oak1810
pin oak1812
overcup oak1814
overcup white oak1814
bur oak1815
jack oak1816
mountain oak1818
shingle-oak1818
gall-oak1835
peach oak1835
golden oak1838
weeping oak1838
Aleppo oak1845
Italian oak1858
dyer's oak1861
Gambel's Oak1878
maul oak1884
punk oak1884
sessile oak1906
Garry oak1908
roble1908
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > Australian or New Zealand oak
oak1789
she-oak1792
river oak1817
shingle-oak1818
New Zealand oak1835
swamp-oak1837
he-oak1844
river she-oak1872
forest-oak1882
bull oak1884
desert oak1896
1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants II. 214 Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak).
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 15 Casuarina stricta,..‘Shingle Oak’, ‘Coast She-oak’.
shingle-weaver n.
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1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Shingle-weaver, a workman who dresses shingles.
shingle wig n. a short-haired wig cut in a shingle.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > practice of wearing artificial hair > [noun] > artificial hair > layered
shingle wig1928
1928 Times 19 Dec. 15/7 After bathing the shingle-wig was slipped over the dishevelled head.
shingle-wood n. (see quots.).
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1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 787 Shingle-wood: Nectandra leucantha.
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shinglen.2
/ˈʃɪŋɡl/, U.S. /ˈʃɪŋɡəl/ 1. Small roundish stones; loose, waterworn pebbles such as are found collected upon the seashore. In New Zealand also loose angular stones in mountain country.
a. collective singular.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > shingle
stanners1508
beachc1535
shingle1598
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > loose stones
scree1709
brasha1722
ratchel1747
stammerers1793
slithers1805
shingle1959
α.
β. 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 627 The shores..are for the most part sandy, but only in some points there is some shingle cast up.1717 S. Sewall Diary 28 Sept. (1973) II. 862 Not to fetch any more Shingle from the point, to mend the Causey.1778 Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) Ramsey, in the Isle of Man,..standing upon a beach of loose sand, or shingle.1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 271 A violent and transient rush of waters which tore up the soil to a great depth, excavated valleys, gave rise to immense beds of shingle.1867 ‘Ouida’ Cecil Castlemaine's Gage 239 In dashed the bay through the park-gates, sending the shingle flying up in small simoons.1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. ii. §6. 155 In shingle the stones are coarser, ranging up to blocks as big as a man's head or larger.1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 116 The swell broke upon a beach of shingle and sand. 1900 [see shingle-slip n. at Compounds 2]. 1944 [see shingle slide n. at Compounds 2]. 1959 Tararua 13 46 The word shingle itself is given an unusual meaning in New Zealand. In standard usage it refers only to the small roundish water-worn stones of the seashore or rivers. We use it also of moderately-sized, angular stones, such as in fact are found in shingle slides.1598 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Jónsson in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 556 Chingle and great stones being skorched in that fiery gulfe.
1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 517/2 Arenam et lie chyngill et lapides super ripas dicte aque.
1611 in Extracts Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) II. 327 To caus the fyscher boits to be ballastet..with chyngill onlie, and nocht with staynes.
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 51 In the Superficies..was represented..the Flood Meander,..in the Channell of which, one might see a Splendor of Precious Stones, representing his rowling waues, which Chingle was of Carbuncles [etc.].
1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 377 Chingle, gravel, free from dirt.
1798 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XX. 27 The surface is not above a foot or 18 inches from the chingle.
1807 J. Headrick View Mineral. Arran 232 This stratum is not visible on the sea beach, being probably covered with chingle or stones.
b. collective plural. (Locally the name of a pebbly beach or bank; cf. quot. 1577 at sense 2β. .)
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1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xxii. 60 At the comming from Portland you shall haue .35. fadoms, and small shingles.
1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 115 The shingles, through the which the Spring runs.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Shingles,..the Name of a Shelf, or Sand-bank in the Sea, about the Isle of Wight.
1803 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 1 9 A neck of land chiefly composed of sand, shingles and drift wood.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. v. 102 The way..was a happy interchange of bog and shingles.
1842 A. Sedgwick in Hudson's Guide Lakes (1843) 188 The overlying..beds of limestone are..separated from the..beds of slate, by masses of conglomerate or cemented shingles.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 219 Just as the nymph..stepped out of the little caravan on to the shingles.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iv. 79 The shingles here do not afford a landing-place.
2. A beach or other tract covered with loose roundish pebbles.
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the world > the earth > land > tract > [noun] > pebbly
shingle1513
the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [noun] > beach or foreshore > spec
shingle1513
hard1728
shell beach1835
private beach1859
storm-beach1882
pocket beach1893
α.
β. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. ix. f. 22v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I We meete with ye fal of a water neere to s. Catherins chapple as we sailed by ye Shingle.1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 200 A world of Sea-stones on the shingle.1822 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Wasps in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 182 He has robb'd the sea-shore, And has hived such a store As would give a large shingle its coating.1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits v. 82 The enchantments of barren shingle and rough weather.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. vi. 34 In the schald scho stoppis, and dyd stand Apon a dry chyngill or bed of sand.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Chingly, abounding in small stones, etc., commonly applied to a newly repaired road. The loose pebbly beach is called the chingle or shingle.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
shingle-ballast n.
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1801 Naval Chron. 5 270 The many instances of injury arising from the use of shingle ballast.
shingle bank n.
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1888 F. Cowper Caedwalla i. 15 The scrub on the top of the shingle bank.
shingle beach n.
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1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. vii. 101 Oh! with what joy did I first put my foot on the shingle beach at Sallyport.
shingle-bed n.
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1861 C. C. Bowen Poems 76 Ghastly white beneath, Lay stretched the rough, drear shingle-bed.
1881 Rep. Geol. Explor. New Zealand 123 The Dart flows along a wide shingle-bed.
shingle-stone n.
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1614 T. Gentleman Englands Way to win Wealth 25 Their hauen [viz. Southwold, Suffolk] is..stopped vp with Beach and Chingle-stone.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 31 One of the round shingle stones.
shingle track n.
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1886 H. C. Kendall Poems 201 He camps by the side of a shingle track.
shingle trap n.
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1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 85/2 Shingle has a decided tendency to drive eastward, and convert harbours lying in its course into what have been designated ‘shingle traps’.
b.
shingle-covered adj.
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1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 51 A narrow, shingle-covered opening in the cliffs.
shingle-formed adj.
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1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 116 Masses of shingle-formed conglomerate.
C2.
shingle slide n. New Zealand (see quot. 1944).
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus
shot-heuch1574
slide1664
scree1813
shot-brae1822
earthslide1829
talus1830
slip1838
rockslide1845
earthslip1859
landslip1872
spout1883
shingle-slip1900
slump1905
stone stripe1934
shingle slide1944
1944 Mod. Junior Dict. (Whitcombe & Tombs) (ed. 7) 365 Shingle-slide or -slip,..a term used in New Zealand for (steep) mountain-sides covered with loose, sliding stones, in England called ‘screes’.
1959 A. H. McLintock Descr. Atlas N.Z. 32 With the baring of the ground between the tussocks, sheet and wind erosion have taken place and there has been a speeding up of the creep of the mantle of rock waste, resulting in the formation of new shingle slides and an increase in area of old ones.
shingle-slip n. New Zealand = shingle slide n.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > of rocks or detritus
shot-heuch1574
slide1664
scree1813
shot-brae1822
earthslide1829
talus1830
slip1838
rockslide1845
earthslip1859
landslip1872
spout1883
shingle-slip1900
slump1905
stone stripe1934
shingle slide1944
1900 Canterbury Old & New 190 One of the most characteristic features of our Canterbury Alps is afforded by the numerous ‘shingle-slips’ formed by the weathering of rocks.
1971 N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 56/4 The creek beside the shingle slip just below the confluence.
shingle-tramper n. (see quot. 1867).
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Shingle-tramper, a coast-guard man.
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† shinglen.3
Obsolete.
= single n. 1b.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > tail
scut1530
single1575
shingle1660
flagtail1852
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > types of deer > [noun] > genus Capreolus (roe deer) > male
roebucka1387
girl1486
hemule1486
shingle1660
1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια 51 That lovely white Hinde (though she hath som black spots about her shingle)..she was once a Woman.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. vi. 81 [The tail] of the Hart is the Tail, and the Ro-buck or Deer the Shingle.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vii. 133/1.
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shinglev.1
/ˈʃɪŋɡ(ə)l/ 1. transitive. To cover, roof (a house, etc.) with shingles.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > roof > tile, slate, or shingle
heela1387
tile1467
slatc1475
slate1530
shingle1562
1562 J. Withals Shorte Dict. 42 b/2 Scandulo, to shyngle.
a1563 V. Leigh Moste Profitable Sci. Surueying (1577) sig. I ij Whether..slated, shingled, or thatched.
1638 R. Montagu Articles Diocese of Norwich sig. A2 Is your Church leaded, tiled, slated, shingled, thatched with straw or reede.
1796 J. Adams Diary 27 July (1961) III. 234 I rode up to The Barn, which Mr. Pratt has almost shingled.
1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xxi. 142 He'll new shingle our old barn for nothin.
1865 C. F. Browne Artemus Ward his Trav. ii. xii When the Lion House was ready to be shingled.
2.
a. To cut (hair), properly so as to give the effect of overlapping shingles, by exposing the ends of hair all over the head; also absol. U.S.; to cut (women's hair) so that it tapers from the back of the head to the nape of the neck; also absol., to have the hair so cut.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify the hair [verb (intransitive)] > cut > in layers
shingle1857
layer1963
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > cut > in a specific style > in layers
shingle1857
bingle1960
layer1963
layer cut1964
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify the hair [verb (intransitive)] > cut > in layers > have one's hair cut in layers
shingle1926
1857 J. G. Holland Bay Path 232 in R. H. Thornton Amer. Gloss. (1912) I'm great on cutting hair. I don't suppose there's anybody in the settlement can shingle like me... By the way, don't you want your hair cut? I don't know how I'm going to get along, unless you do have it jest shingled.
1864 R. F. Burton in Anthropol. Rev. 2 51 To ‘shingle off’ their hair as closely as possible.
1909 K. D. Wiggin Susanna & Sue xii It's kind of pityish to have your hair shingled.
1924 Punch 17 Sept. 319 It moves me not if Araminta shingles Her locks, or Evelina has them bobbed.
1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon iv. 25 Fully dressed for the evening, she had but little on, and her hair was shingled.
1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon iv. 25 She had been one of the first twelve to shingle.
1976 M. Green Children of Sun (1977) v. 207 Women began to bob their hair immediately after the war, were shingling it by 1925.
b. To cover like a shingled roof. U.S.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > partially
to lap on to (also over, upon)1678
overlap1726
shingle1857
1857 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Dec. 177/1 A somewhat more than middle-aged female, with a parchment forehead and a dry little ‘frisette’ shingling it.
c. (See quot. 1860) U.S.
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1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) To shingle, to chastise. A shingle applied a posteriori is a favorite New England mode of correcting a child.
3. In sheep-shearing: to make a second cut over a part of a sheep's body. Australian.
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1896 Chambers's Jrnl. 12 Sept. 592/1 Bad or careless shearers, in order to give the sheep the appearance of being properly shorn, may either ‘shingle’ or ‘feather’ the fleeces they cut off. By ‘shingling’ is meant making a second cut over the same part of the body of the sheep,..close to the skin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
shinglev.2
Iron Manufacturing
transitive. To subject (the puddled ball) to pressure and blows from a hammer so as to expel impurities.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > other metalworking processes
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1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 128 This Loop they take out with their shingling tongs, and beat it with Iron sledges..that so it may..be in a capacity to be carried under the hammer. Under which they then removing it,..beat it with the hammer very gently, which forces cinder and dross out of the matter, afterwards..they beat it thicker and stronger till they bring it to a Bloom... This operation they call shingling the Loop.
1784 H. Cort Specif. Patent in Repertory of Arts (1795) 3 361 (heading) Shingling, welding, and manufacturing, Iron and Steel into Bars, Plates, &c.
1784 H. Cort Specif. Patent in Repertory of Arts (1795) 3 365 The slabe, having been shingled..to the sizes of the grooves in my rollers.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 768 These loops are..brought to a white or welding heat, and then shingled into half-blooms or slabes.
1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 105 The old method of shingling the puddle balls..was to reduce them to shape by a heavy hammer called the forge-hammer or helve.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
† shinglev.3
transitive. To girdle round.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)]
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1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 35 Till the gout is in their knees, or the dropsie doth painefully shingle them round.
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