Definition of slate

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Slate (v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc..

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Translate :: Translate (v. i.) To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.
Sarking :: Sarking (n.) Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes..
Metempsychose :: Metempsychose (v. t.) To translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another..
Shiver-spar :: Shiver-spar (n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar..
Slated :: Slated (imp. & p. p.) of Slat.
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.
Zax :: Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
Slaty :: Slaty (a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture..
Cleavage :: Cleavage (n.) Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure..
Slater :: Slater (n.) One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings..
Translatory :: Translatory (a.) Serving to translate; transferring.
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..
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..
Hellier :: Hellier (v. t.) One who heles or covers; hence, a tiler, slater, or thatcher..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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..
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..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree..
Heal :: Heal (v. t.) To cover, as a roof, with tiles, slate, lead, or the like..
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text..
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