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1. 5. A fancy; liking: as, to take a shine to a person. [Low, U. S.] -6. A disturbance; a row; a rumpus; a shindy. [Slang.] I'm not partial to gentlefolks coming into my place,... there'd be a pretty shine made if I was to go a wisiting them, I think. Dickens, Bleak House, lvii. IMG:content-0875.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary shine2t (shin), a . [A var. of sheen1 , simulating shine1.] Bright or shining; glittering. These warlike Champions, all in armour shine , A embled were in field the chalenge to define. shiner (shi'nėr), n . [ shine1 + -er1.] 1. One who or that which shines. Hence-2. A coin, especially a bright coin; a sovereign. [Slang.] Sir George. He can't supply me with a shilling. To Loader . and want shiners ! 'tis a Foote , The Minor, ii. IMG:content-0877.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0878.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0879.jpg:[blocks in formation] chine, a machine in which rough shingles are faced by planing in the direction of the grain of the wood. shinglel (shing'gl), v . t .; pret. and pp. shingled , ppr. shingling . [ME. schinglen ; shinglel , n.] 1. To cover with shingles: as, to shingle a roof. lap like rows of shingles; hence, to cut (the hair, or the hair of) very close.-3. In pud- dling iron , to hammer roughly or squeeze (the ball of metal). This is done after the ball is taken from the furnace, in order to pre the slag out of it, and prepare it to be rolled into the desired shape. sized West Indian tree, Nectandra leucantha, of the laurel family. shingling (shing'gling), n. [Verbal n. of shin- gle1 , v.] 1. The act of covering with shingles, or a covering of shingles.-2. In metal . , the act or proce of squeezing iron in the course of puddling. See shingle1 , v ., 3. Also called bloom- ing . shingling-bracket (shing'gling-braket), n. A device, in the form of an adjustable iron claw or stand, intended to form a support for a tem- porary platform on an inclined roof, as for use in the operation of shingling. shingling-hammer (shing'gling - hamer), n. The hammer used in shingling. See shinglel , shingling-hatchet (shing'gling-hachet), n. A carpenters' tool used in shingling a roof, etc. It is a small hatchet with which are combined shingle2 (shing'gl), n. par. simulating shingle ! (with which the word is generally confused), of * single , Norw.singel v., 3. (also singling ), coarse gravel, shingle, so called from the 'singing' or crunching noise made by walking on it; singla = Sw. dial. singla , ring, tinkle (cf. singla - skälla , a bell for a horse's neck; singel , bell-clapper), freq. form of sing a , Sw. sjunga = Icel. syngja , sing, = AS. sing an, > E. sing: see sing . Cf. singing sands , moving sands that make a ringing sound.] A kind of water- worn detritus a little coarser than gravel: a term most generally used with reference to debris on the sea-shore, and much more com- monly in the British Islands than in the United States. On thicket, rock, and torrent hoarse, Shingle and scrae, and fell and force, A dusky light arose. Scott , Bridal of Trier main, iii. 8. The baffled waters fell back over the shingle that skirted the sands. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, viii. Shingle ballast, ballast composed of shingle. shingle3t (shing'gl), n. [A corrupt form of * single , early mod. E. also sengle , prop. cingle , cengle , sengle , sangle , F. sangle , L. cin- gula , girdle, girth: see cingle , surcingle . Hence shingles .] Girth; hence, the waist; the middle. shingled1 (shing'gld), a . [ shingle + -ed2.] 1. Covered with shingles: as, a shingled roof. The peaks of the seven gables rose up sharply; the shingled roof looked thoroughly water-tight. 21. Clincher-built; built with overlapping planks: as, shingled ships. Alle shal deye for his dedes bi dales and bi hulles, And the foules that fleeghen forth with other bestes, Excepte on eliche of eche kynde a couple, That in thi shyngled shippe shul ben ysaued. Piers Plowman (B), ix. 141. shingled2 (shing'gld), a . [ shingle2 + -ed2 .] Covered with shingle. IMG:content-0880.jpg:[blocks in formation] shingle-machine (shing'gl-ma-shen"), n. A machine for making shingles from a block of wood. One form is an adaptation of the machine-saw; another splits the shingles from the block by means of a knife. The latter form is sometimes called a shingle -riv- ing-machine. Also called shingle-mill. shingle-mill (shing'gl-mil), n. 1. Same as shingle - machine .-2. A mill where shingles are shingle-nail (shing'gl-nal), n . A cut nail of stout form and moderate size, used to fasten shingles in place. shingle-oak (shing'gl-ōk), п . An oak, Quercus imbricaria , found in the interior United States. It grows from 70 to 90 feet high, and furnishes a timber of moderate value, somewhat used for shingles, clapboards, etc. From its entire oblong shining leaves it is also called laurel - oak . IMG:content-0881.jpg:[blocks in formation] shingle-roofed (shing'gl-röft), a. Having a roof covered with shingles. shingles (shing'glz), n. pl . [Pl. of shingle3 (cf. L. zona , a girdle, also the shingles): see cingle , surcingle.] A cutaneous disease, herpes zoster. See herpes. shingle-trap (shing'gl-trap), n. In hydraulic eng in . , a row of piles or pile-sheeting sunk on a beach to prevent the displacement of sand and silt, and to protect the shore from the wash of the sea. shingle-tree (shing'gl-trē), n. An East Indian leguminous tree, Acrocarpus rpus fraxinifolius . It is an erect tree, 50 feet high below the branches; its wood is used in making furniture, for shingles, and for general building purposes. shingling-tongs (shing'gling-tôngz), n. sing. and pl. In metal., a heavy tongs, usually slung from a crane, used to move a ball of red-hot iron for a trip or steam-hammer. E. H. Knight. shingly1 (shing'gli), a . [ shingle1 + -yl.] Cov- ered with shingles. The painted shingly town-house. Whittier , Last Walk in Autumn. shingly2 (shing'gli), a . [ shingle2 + -y1.] Composed of or covered with shingle. IMG:content-0882.png:[graphic] Would you both please and be instructed too, Watch well the rage of shining to subdue. shining (shi'ning), p . a . [ schynyng ; ppr. of shinel, v.] 1. Emitting or reflecting light; bright; gleaming; glowing; radiant; lustrous; polished; glo y. And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. Shak ., As you Like it, ii. 7. 146. 2. Splendid; illustrious; distinguished; con- spicuous; notable: as, a shining example of charity. Since the Death of the K. of Sweden, a great many Scotch Commanders are come over, and make a shining shew at Court. Howell , Letters, I. vi. 23. I cannot but take notice of two shining Pa ages in the Dialogue between Adam and the Angel. Add is on , Spectator, No. 345. Shining flycatcher or fly snapper, the bird Phaïnopepla nitens. See Phaïnopepla , and cut under fly snapper.- Shining gurnard, a fish, Trigla lucern a , called by Cornish shermen brilliant inducatie he the long-finned = Syn. Resplendent, shiningly (shi'ning-li), adv . [ ME.schynyngli ; shining + -ly2.] Brightly; splendidly; con- spicuously. shinny hockey or bandy-ball. See hockey1.-2. The club used in this game.