shine 
As he goes lower in the scale of intellect and manners, 
so also Mr. Dickens rises higher than Mr. Thackeray 
his hero is greater than Pendennls, and his heroine than 
Laura, while "my Aunt" might, alike on the score of ec- 
centricities and kindliness, take the shine nut of Lady Rock- 
minster. 
Phillips, Essays from the Times, II. 333. (Dames.) 
shine 2 t (shin), a. [A yar. of sheen 1 , simulating 
sAine 1 .] Bright or shining ; glittering. 
These warlike Champions, all in armour shine, 
Assembled were in field the chalenge to define. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. iii. 3. 
shiner (shi'ner), . [< shinel + -er 1 .] 1. One 
who or that which shines. Hence 2. A coin, 
especially a bright coin ; a sovereign. [Slang.] 
Sir George. He can't supply me with a shilling. . . . 
Loader. . . . To let a lord of lands want shiners ! 'tis a 
shame. Foote, The Minor, ii. 
Is it worth fifty shiners extra, if it 's safely done from 
the outside? Dickens, Oliver Twist, xix. 
3. One of many different small American fresh- 
water fishes, mostly cyprinoids, as minnows, 
which have shining, glistening, or silvery scales, 
(a) Any species of Minmlus, as M. eornutus, the redfin or 
dace, (b) A dace of the genus Squalius, as S. elongatus, 
the red-sided shiner, (c) Any member of the genus Note- 
migomts, more fully called golden shiner, as 2V. chrusoleu- 
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rough shingles. E. II. Knight. Shingle-planing ma- 
chine, a machine in which rough shingles are faced by 
planing in the direction of the grain of the wood. 
Shiner or Silverfish (Netetnifonus chrysolcucus}. 
cus, one of the most abundant and familiar cyprinoids 
from New England to the Dakotas and Texas. This is re- 
lated to the fresh-water bream of England, and has a com- 
pressed body, with a moderately long anal fln (having 
about thirteen rays), and a short dorsal (with eight rays). 
The color is sometimes silvery, and in other cases has gold- 
en reflections, (d) A surf-fish or embiotocoid of the genus 
Abeona, as A. minima and A. aurora; also, the surf-fish 
Cymatogaster aggregate, (e) The young of the mackerel. 
Day. [Scotch.] 
4. In angling, a hackle used in making an arti- 
ficial fly. 5. A fishtail, silvertail, or silver- 
fish ; any insect of the genus Lepisma. See cut 
under silver fi*h Blunt-nosed shiner. Same as 
horse-fish, 1. Milky-tailed shiner. See milky-tailed. 
shinesst, re. An obsolete form of shyness. 
shing (shing), n. [Chin.] A Chinese measure of 
capacity, equal to about nine tenths of a United 
States quart. 
shingle 1 (shing'gl), re. [< ME. shingle, shyngyl, 
shyngul, scingle, single, a corruption of shindle, 
shindel : see shindle. The cause of the change 
is not obvious ; some confusion with single^, a., 
or with shingle^, orig. *single, or with some OF. 
word, may be conjectured. It is noteworthy 
that all the words spelled shingle (shingle^, 
shingle 2 , shingles) are corrupted in form.] 1. 
A thin piece of wood having parallel sides and 
a, block prepared for sawing into shingles ; b, shingles as bunched 
for market ; c, a shingle ; cf, plain shingles laid on a roof; e, fancy 
shingles laid. 
being thicker at one end than the other, used 
like a tile or a slate in covering the sides and 
roofs of houses ; a wooden tile. In the United 
States shingles are usually about 6 inches in width and 18 
inches long, and are laid with one third of their length 
to the weather that is, with 12 inches of cover and 6 
inches of lap. 
Shyngle, whyche be tyles of woode suche as churches 
and steples be covered wyth, Scandnlee. Hulocl. 
The whole house, with its wings, was constructed of the 
old-fashioned Dutch shingles broad, and with unround- 
ed corners. Poe, Landor's Cottage. 
Another kind of roofing tile, largely used in pre- Norman 
times and for some centuries later for certain purposes, 
was made of thin pieces of split wood, generally oak ; 
these are called shingles. Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 388. 
2. A small sign-board, especially that of a pro- 
fessional man: as, to hang out one's shingle. 
[Colloq., U. S.] Metallic shingle, a thin plate of 
metal, sometimes stamped with an ornamental design, 
intended for use in place of ordinary wooden shingles. 
Shingle-jointing machine, a machine, on the princi- 
ple of the circular saw or plane, for truing the edges of 
. 
shingle 1 (shiug'gl), r. t. ; pret. and pp. s/iiiiyli'd, 
ppr. ali ini/liii </. [< ME. sehitiijlcii ; < shingle^, n. ] 
1. To cover with shingles: as, to shingle a roof. 
They ghinule their houses with it. 
Evelyn, Sylva, II. iv. 1. 
2. To cut (the hair) so that streaks of it over- 
lap like rows of shingles; hence, to cut (the 
hair, or the hair of) very close. 3. In pud- 
dling iron, to hammer roughly or squeeze (the 
ball of metal). This is done after the ball is taken 
from the furnace, in order to press the slag out of it, and 
prepare it to be rolled into the desired shape. 
shingle 2 (shing'gl), n. [An altered form, ap- 
par. simulating shingle^ (with which the word 
is generally confused), of 'single, < Norw. singel 
(also singling), coarse gravel, shingle, so called 
from the 'singing' or crunching noise made by 
walking on it ; < singla = Sw. dial, singla, ring, 
tinkle (of. singla-skalla, a bell fora horse's neck; 
singel, bell-clapper), freq. form of singa, Sw. 
sjunga = Icel. syngja, sing, = AS. singan, > E. 
sing: see sing. Cf . singing sands, moving sands 
that make a ringing sound.] A kind of water : 
worn detritus a little coarser than gravel: a 
term most generally used with reference to 
debris on the sea-shore, and much more com- 
monly in the British Islands than in the United 
States. 
On thicket, rock, and torrent hoarse, 
Shingle and scrae, and fell and force, 
A dusky light arose. 
Scott, Bridal of Triermain, iii. 8. 
The baffled waters fell back over the shingle that skirted 
the sands. Mrs. Gaskett, Sylvia's Lovers, vitt. 
Shingle ballast, ballast composed of shingle. 
shingle^t (shing'gl), n. [A corrupt form of 
*single, early mod. E. also sengle, prop, tingle, 
< OF. cengle, sengle, sangle, F. sangle, < L. cin- 
gula, girdle, girth: see (Angle, surcingle. Hence 
shingles.'] Girth ; hence, the waist ; the middle. 
She hath some black spots about her shingle. 
HoweU, Parly of Beasts, p. 51. 
shingled 1 (shing'gld), a. [(shingle + -ed?.] 1. 
Covered with shingles : as, a shingled roof. 
The peaks of the seven gables rose up sharply; the 
shingled roof looked thoroughly water-tight. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xiii. 
2f. Clincher-built; built with overlapping 
planks : as, shingled ships. 
Alle shal deye for his dedes bl dales and bi hulles, 
And the foules that fleeghen forth with other bestes, 
Excepte oneliche of eche kynde a couple, 
That in tin shynyled shippe shul ben ysaned. 
Piers Plowman (B), ix. 141. 
Shingled 2 (shing'gld), a. [< shingle* + -ed?.] 
Covered with shingle. 
Round the shiiujled shore, 
Yellow with weeds. W. E. Henley, Attadale. 
shingle-machine (shing'gl-ma-shen*), n. A 
machine for making shingles from a block of 
wood. One form is an adaptation of the machine-saw ; 
another splits the shingles from the block by means of a 
knife. The latter form is sometimes called a Mngle-riv- 
ing-machine. Also called shingle-mM. 
shingle-mill (shing'gl-mil), . 1. Same as 
shingle-machine. 2. A mill where shingles are 
made. 
shingle-nail (shing'gl-nal), n. A cut nail of 
stout form and moderate size, used to fasten 
shingles in place. 
shingle-oak (shing'gl-ok), . An oak, Quercus 
imbricaria, found m the interior United States. 
It grows from 70 to 90 feet high, and furnishes a timber of 
moderate value, somewhat used for shingles, clapboards, 
etc. From its entire oblong shining leaves it is also called 
laurel-oak. 
shingler (shing'gler), n. [< sliingle 1 + -er 1 .] 
One who or that which shingles. Especially (a) 
One who roofs houses with shingles. (6) One who or a 
machine which cuts and prepares shingles, (c) A work- 
man who attends a shingling-hammer or -machine. (</) 
A machine for shingling puddled iron, or making it into 
blooms. 
shingle-roofed (shing'gl-roft), a. Having a 
roof covered with shingles. 
shingles (shing'glz), n. pi. [PI. of shingle 3 (cf. 
L. zona, a girdle, also the shingles) : see tingle, 
surcingle.] A cutaneous disease, herpes zoster. 
See herpes. 
shingle-trap (shing'gl-trap), re. In hydraulic 
engin., a row of piles or pile-sheeting sunk on 
a beach to prevent the displacement of sand 
and silt, and to protect the shore from the wash 
of the sea. 
shingle-tree (shing'gl-tre), n. An East Indian 
leguminous tree, Acrocarpus fraxinifolius. It 
is an erect tree, 50 feet high below the branches : its 
wood is used in making furniture, for shingles, and for 
general building purposes. 
shinny 
shinglewood (shing'gl-wud), n. A middle- 
sized West Indian tree, Sectandra leueaiitlia, 
of the laurel family. 
shingling (shiiig'gling), n. [Verbal u. of xliin- 
gle^, r.] 1. The act of covering with shingles, 
or a covering of shingles. 2. In metal., the act 
or process of squeezing iron in the course of 
puddling. See shingle^-, v., 3. Also called bloom- 
ing. 
shingling-bracket (shing'gling-brak"et), n. A 
device, iu the form of an adjustable iron claw 
or stand, intended to form a support for a tem- 
porary platform on an inclined roof, as for use 
in the operation of shingling. 
shingling-hammer (shing'gling-ham"er), n. 
The hammer used in shingling. See shingle^, 
..& 
shingling-hatchet (shing'gling-hach'et), n. 
A carpenters' tool used in shingling a roof, etc. 
It is a small hatchet with which are combined 
a hammer and a nail-claw. 
shingling-tongS (shing'gling-tfingz), n. sing. 
and pi. In metal., a heavy tongs, usually 
slung from a crane, used to move a ball of 
red-hot iron for a trip- or steam-hammer. 
E. H. Knight. 
shingly 1 (shing'gli), a. [< shingle 1 + ^y 1 .] Cov- 
ered with shingles. 
The painted shingly town-house. 
WUttier, Last Walk in Autumn. 
Shingly 2 (shing'gli), a. [< shingle 1 * + -i/^.~\ 
Composed of or covered with shingle. 
Along Benharrow's shingly side. 
Scott, L. of the L., iii. 1. 
shininess (shi'ni-nes), . Shiny or glossy char- 
acter or condition; luster; glossiness; sheen. 
Certain makes [of wheels], however, may be considered 
practically free from these faults under all general condi- 
tions, a slight shininess of surface being the visible indi- 
cation. Jour. Franklin Inst., CXXIX. 193. 
shining (shi'ning), re. [< ME. schynyng ; verbal 
n. of shine 1 , t'.J 1. Brightness; effulgence; 
light; sheen. 
This Emperour hathe in his Chambre, in on of the Fyl- 
eres of Gold, a Rubye and a Charboncle of half a fote long, 
that in the nyght gevethe so gret clartee and schynynge 
that it U als light as day. Mandeville, Travels, p. 19. 
The stars shall withdraw their shining. Joel ii. 10. 
2f. Lightning. 3. An effort to eclipse others 
or to be conspicuous; ostentatious display. 
[Rare.] 
Would you both please and be instructed too, 
Watch well the rage of shining to subdue. 
Stillingjleet. 
4. The hunting of deer by attracting them with 
fire by night; jack-hunting. See to shine deer, 
under shine 1 . 
shining ( shi'ning), p. a. [< ME. schynyng; ppr. 
of shine 1 , r.] 1. Emitting or reflecting light ; 
bright; gleaming; glowing; radiant; lustrous; 
polished; glossy. 
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel 
And shining morning face, creeping like snail 
Unwillingly to school. Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7. 146. 
Fish that with their fins and shining scales 
Glide under the green wave. Milton, P. L., vii. 401. 
2. Splendid; illustrious; distinguished; con- 
spicuous; notable: as, a shining example of 
charity. 
Since the Death of the K. of Sweden, a great many Scotch 
Commanders are come over, and make a shining shew at 
Court. Howell, Letters, I. vi. 23. 
I cannot but take notice of two shining Passages in the 
Dialogue between Adam and the Angel. 
Addiian, Spectator, No. 345. 
Shining flycatcher or flysnapper, the bird Phawiopepla 
nitens. See Phainopepla, and cut under flysnapper. 
Shining gurnard, a fish, Trigla Iveerna, called by Cornish 
fishermen the long-finned captain. = Syn. Resplendent, 
effulgent, brilliant, luminous. See shinei, v. i. 
shiningly (shi'ning-li), adv. [< ME. schynyngli; 
< shining + -fy 2 .] Brightly; splendidly; con- 
spicuously. 
shiningness (shi'ning-nes), n. Brightness ; lus- 
ter; splendor. [Rare.] 
The Epithets marmoreus, ebumeus, and Candidas are 
all applied to Beauties by the Roman Poets, sometimes as 
to their Shape, and sometimes as to the Shiningness here 
spoken of. Spence, Crito, note k. 
shinleaf (shin'lef ), n. A plant of the genus Py- 
rola, properly P. elliptica : said to be so named 
from the use of its leaves for shinplasters. 
Shinnert (shin'er), . [<Ml + -r 1 .] A stock- 
ing. 
An hose, a nether stocke, a shinner. 
Ifomenclator, an. 1585, p. 167. 
shinny (shin'i). . [Also shinney, shinnie, also 
xJihiti/, xhiiiti<; also shinnock; origin obscure; < 
Gael, sinteag, a skip, bound.] 1. The game of 
