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Tail :: Tail (n.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile..

Slater :: Slater (n.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.

Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters..

Sax :: Sax (n.) A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another..

Slating :: Slating (n.) The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater..

Basanite :: Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal..

Pencil :: Pencil (n.) A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite..

Translatory :: Translatory (a.) Serving to translate; transferring.

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..

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

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

Metaphrased :: Metaphrased (a.) Translated literally.

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

Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

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

Original :: Original (a.) Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture..

Slating :: Slating (n.) Slates, collectively; also, material for slating..

Bible :: Bible (n.) The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible..

Translatress :: Translatress (n.) A woman who translates.

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