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Bare :: Bare (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather..

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

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

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

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..

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..

Translator :: Translator (n.) One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another..

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

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

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

Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To change into another form; to transform.

Ripper :: Ripper (n.) A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

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

Grecize :: Grecize (v. t.) To translate into Greek.

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..

Render :: Render (v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English..

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..

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

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

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

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