SHINGLING

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

2.
n.

The process of expelling scoriæ and other impurities by hammering and squeezing, in the production of wrought iron. Shingling hammer, a ponderous hammer moved by machinery, used in shingling puddled iron. -- Shingling mill, a mill or forge where puddled iron is shingled.


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