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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A punitive strap such as a belt, as used for severe spanking
  • A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
  • A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
  • A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
  • by extension Any paddle used for corporal punishment
  • Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

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Verb:

  • transitive|industry To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
  • To lash with a shingle.
  • transitive To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

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