Definition of slate

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Slate (v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes..

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Legislated :: Legislated (imp. & p. p.) of Legislat.
Sax :: Sax (n.) A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand..
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.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
Translated :: Translated (imp. & p. p.) of Translat.
Mistranslate :: Mistranslate (v. t.) To translate erroneously.
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..
Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
Translatable :: Translatable (a.) Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language..
Bare :: Bare (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather..
Legislate :: Legislate (v. i.) To make or enact a law or laws.
Pipestone :: Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite..
Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..
Zax :: Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
Transdialect :: Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.
English :: English (v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain..
Misrender :: Misrender (v. t.) To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment..
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..
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