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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Slating :: Slating (n.) Slates, collectively; also, material for slating..
Englishable :: Englishable (a.) Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English..
Translated :: Translated (imp. & p. p.) of Translat.
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..
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..
Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century..
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..
Pipestone :: Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite..
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate.
Retranslate :: Retranslate (v. t.) To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the original language..
Shindle :: Shindle (n.) A shingle; also, a slate for roofing..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3..
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad..
Shiver-spar :: Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar..
Ribbed :: Ribbed (a.) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
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..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another..
Zax :: Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
Translatory :: Translatory (a.) Serving to translate; transferring.
Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross..
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