\Shin"gle\, n. [Prob. from Norw. singl, singling, coarse
gravel, small round stones.] (Geol.)
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. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula,
scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v.t.,
Gr. ???, ???, shingle, ??? to slit.]
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.
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron
from the pudding furnace.