See Also: shingling(medicine)

MIA (oh) and shingling (medicine)


MIA (oh)



AmE missing in action a soldier who has disappeared in a battle and who may still be alive
::There are still more than 500 MIAs.

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