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

Translated :: Translated (imp. & p. p.) of Translat.

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

Grapholite :: Grapholite (n.) Any species of slate suitable to be written on.

Pipestone :: Pipestone (n.) A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite..

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

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

Translation :: Translation (n.) The act of translating, removing, or transferring; removal; also, the state of being translated or removed; as, the translation of Enoch; the translation of a bishop..

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

Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..

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..

Englishable :: Englishable (a.) Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English..

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

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

Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate.

Phyllite :: Phyllite (n.) Clay slate; argillaceous schist.

Overlap :: Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof..

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

Novaculite :: Novaculite (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate..

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..

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