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Main Entry: shinˇgles
Pronunciation: \ˈshiŋ-gəlz\
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
Etymology: Middle English schingles, by folk etymology from Medieval Latin cingulus, from Latin cingulum girdle — more at cingulum
Date: 14th century
: an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and is caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox —called also herpes zoster, zoster
Main Entry: 1shinˇgle
Pronunciation: \ˈshiŋ-gəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English schingel, alteration of Old English scindel, from Medieval Latin scindula, alteration of Latin scandula
Date: 13th century
1 : 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
2 : a small signboard especially designating a professional office —used chiefly in the phrase hang out one's shingle
3 : a woman's haircut with the hair trimmed short from the back of the head to the nape
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