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Hellier :: Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher..

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

Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To change to another condition, position, place, or office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death..

Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.

Grain :: Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc..

Slate :: Slate (v. t.) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.

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..

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

Legislated :: Legislated (imp. & p. p.) of Legislat.

Crisscross :: Crisscross (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross..

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..

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

Ribbed :: Ribbed (a.) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.

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..

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

Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..

Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A variety of blue slate.

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..

Heal :: Heal (v. t.) To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like..

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..

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