Definition of slate

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Slate (v. t.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.

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Traduce :: Traduce (v. t.) To translate from one language to another; as, to traduce and compose works..
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A variety of blue slate.
Original :: Original (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To remove to heaven without a natural death.
Argillite :: Argillite (n.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc..
Shindle :: Shindle (n.) A shingle; also, a slate for roofing..
Basanite :: Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles..
Slating :: Slating (n.) The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater..
Sea Wood Louse :: Sea wood louse () A sea slater.
Log :: Log (n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book..
Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross..
Metempsychose :: Metempsychose (v. t.) To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death..
Zax :: Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
Oilstone :: Oilstone (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree..
Slating :: Slating (n.) Slates, collectively; also, material for slating..
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