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

Argillite :: Argillite (n.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc..

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

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

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

English :: English (v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain..

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..

Schist :: Schist (n.) Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar..

Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To render into another language; to express the sense of in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to explain or recapitulate in other words..

Transdialect :: Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.

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

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..

Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To translate; to construe; as, to turn the Iliad..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Fault :: Fault (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc..

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