tingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪŋɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: tingles
Etymology: cognate with the Middle High German zingel
Senses: examples: text: From the diminutive "tingle" or baby tack up to the massive ship spike, almost every kind of nail is shown, not only in iron and steel, but also in copper, zinc, and brass,, and on the partition will be noticed a somewhat novel application of nails.
ref: 1887, “The Exhibition and the Exhibits”, in The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, page 91:
text: Figs. 16, 17, 18 show method of forming a double welt, notice the copper tack or tingle to same as further security.
ref: 1910, Samuel Barlow Bennett, A Manual of Technical Plumbing and Sanitary Science, page 206:
text: Tingle the middle down by placing a tingle at the toe, and a couple at the joints.
ref: 2016, A Classic Guide to Making and Repairing Vintage Shoes and Boots:
glosses: A nail of the very smallest size; a tack.
examples: text: If damage is localised then you may easily tingle it over and a perfectly good sound job may be made with a tingle. Metal tingles are not ; they require a lot of fastenings and even then are not easily made really watertight.
ref: 1956, World Fishing - Volume 5, page 54:
text: With tin snips, cut the tingle to shape (some people bend the edges over to form a 1/4-inch hem), and lather it with polysulfide seam compound.
ref: 1980 July-December, John Pazereskis, “Wood Boat Seam Repairs”, in Cruising World, page 48:
text: The appearance of this basically unattractive repair can be marginally improved by making the tingle larger than is structurally necessary and then give it long chamfers to fair it in.
ref: 1984, David Derrick, Boat Maintenance, page 35:
text: Nail the tingle to the sheathing between the two slates below the one being fixed .
ref: 1992, Derek Bradford, Key Porter Books, Mike Lawrence, The Complete Home Renovation Manual, page 54:
text: A thin chamfered tingle (A) was fitted to the outboard face of the largest board and a thicker example (B) to the inboard face.
ref: 2000, Carole A. Morris, Craft, Industry and Everyday Life, page 2380:
text: The tools, tingle, and copper nails may be contained in a smaller bag called the carpenter's bag. A piece of felt or fearnought is included, to be placed over a hole under the tingle.
ref: 2006, A Seaman's Pocket-Book: June 1943, page 81:
text: The three inner slates of the patch are fixed with two nails and only the top slate, whose nail holes are completely covered by other slates, need be fixed with a tingle.
ref: 2015, Frank Bennett, Alfred Pinion, Roof Slating and Tiling, page 131:
glosses: A patch that covers a hole in something that needs to be watertight, such as a roof or a boat.
examples: text: The tingle is fastened on the top of the brick by a small pat of mortar, on which is placed a piece of brick to keep the tingle firm.
ref: 1915 February, “British Method of Laying Bricks”, in Building Age, volume 37, page 68:
text: a tingle is used to prevent the line from sagging in the middle if it is being used on a long wall
ref: 1983, W. G. Nash, Brickwork - Volume 1, page 76:
text: To prevent a long line sagging, it can be given intermediate support with a tingle plate.
ref: 2013, Michael Hammett, Brickwork and Paving: For House and Garden:
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glosses: An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.