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SHINGLE . (r) A See also:

MIDDLE

Middle See also:

ENGLISH

English corruption of schindle, from See also:

LAT

Lat. scindula or scandula, a wooden See also:

TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile, from scandere, to cut—a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of wooden tile, generally of See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak, used in places where See also:

TIMBER

timber is plentiful, for covering See also:

ROOFS

roofs, See also:

SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires, &c. In See also:

England they are generally See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, but on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

EUROPE

Europe the ends are sometimes rounded, pointed or cut into ornamental See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form. (2) See also:

WATER

Water-worn detritus, of larger and coarser form than See also:

GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel, chiefly used of the pebbly detritus of a See also:

sea-See also:

BEACH

beach. This word is of See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian origin, from singl or singling, coarse gravel. It is apparently derived from single, to make a ringing See also:

sound, a form of " to sing," with allusion to the See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar See also:

NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise made when walking over shingle. (3) The word " shingles," the See also:

COMMON

common name of See also:

HERPES (from the Gr. 'paety, to creep)

herpes zoster, a particular form of the inflammatory eruption of the skin known as herpes (q.v.), is the plural of an obsolete word for a See also:

GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle, sengle, taken through O. Fr. cengle from Lat. cingulum, cingere, to gird.

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