The process of preparing shear steel; tilting.
Deformation by forces acting in opposite directions.
The process of making a vertical side cutting in working into a face of coal.
The act or operation of reaping.
The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.
The material cut off in this way.
The act or operation of dividing with shears.
Tending to cut or tear.
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
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.
A punitive strap such as a belt.
Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
To beat with a shingle.