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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..

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..

Slater :: Slater (n.) One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings..

Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe..

Oilstone :: Oilstone (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil..

Bed :: Bed (n.) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile..

Mistranslate :: Mistranslate (v. t.) To translate erroneously.

Itala :: Itala (n.) An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version)..

Schistaceous :: Schistaceous (a.) Of a slate color.

"adonist :: Adonist (n.) One who maintains that points of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah are really the vowel points of the word Adonai. See Jehovist..

Grecize :: Grecize (v. t.) To translate into Greek.

Slated :: Slated (imp. & p. p.) of Slat.

Alum Shale :: Alum shale () A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock..

Translatable :: Translatable (a.) Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language..

Slaty :: Slaty (a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture..

Legislate :: Legislate (v. i.) To make or enact a law or laws.

Retranslate :: Retranslate (v. t.) To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language..

Construe :: Construe (v. t. ) To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate..

Paraphrase :: Paraphrase (v. t.) To express, interpret, or translate with latitude; to give the meaning of a passage in other language..

Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words..

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