shingle

shingle
1. noun /ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/
a) 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.
b) A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
2. verb /ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/
a) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.

The imps bottom was shingled black and blue

b) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.

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