shingling

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  1. The act of covering with shingles, or a covering of shingles.
  2. In metallurgy, the act or process of squeezing iron in the course of puddling. See shingle, verb, 3. Also called blooming.
  3. 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. Besides the sandstone and shale elements, the rusty quartz pebbles which have been mentioned in connection with the old valleys on the north side of the Ohio are here a very marked feature, as are also the numerous nodules of hematite ore. In three instances a very imperfect shingling was observed. W. G. Tight, in U. S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 13, p. 64.

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  • "We did everything from framing the walls and putting the siding on to shingling the roof." —  Baptist Standard
  • Brake said crews are currently installing a lightning protection system and will begin shingling the roof next week. —  News/local from www.chieftain.com
  • However, from re-shingling a roof to weather-proofing your windows, major home improvement projects are a part of home ownership. —  We Blog A Lot
  • Graham bought the inventory for the store with $10,000 that he had earned from shingling roofs and working on his uncle's turkey farm. —  American Profile
  • I go most of my professional life never hearing about shingling, suddenly I hear about posting can be slow; please wait a few seconds before hitting the button again. wording stolen by the more-eloquent-than-I kottke —  IA? EH.
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