Definition of slate

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Slate (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe..

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Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To remove to heaven without a natural death.
Transdialect :: Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes..
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..
Slated :: Slated (imp. & p. p.) of Slat.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A prepared piece of such stone.
Snakestone :: Snakestone (n.) A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
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..
English :: English (v. t.) To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc..
Overlap :: Overlap (n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof..
Zax :: Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
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..
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate.
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment..
Grain :: Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc..
Peshitto :: Peshitto (n.) The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament..
Novaculite :: Novaculite (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate..
Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..
Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree..
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