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shingling (medicine)


shingling


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

2. <chemistry> The process of expelling scoriae 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.

Source: Websters Dictionary