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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Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate.
Heal :: Heal (v. t.) To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like..
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth..
Bed :: Bed (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile..
Englishable :: Englishable (a.) Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English..
Peshitto :: Peshitto (n.) The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A tablet for writing upon.
Transdialect :: Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.
Sea Slater :: Sea slater () Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.
Interpreter :: Interpreter (n.) One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties..
Planchette :: Planchette (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import..
Slate-color :: Slate-color () A dark bluish gray color.
Hellier :: Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher..
Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3..
Sora :: Sora (n.) A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake, common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and orto..
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..
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