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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..

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

Sea Slater :: Sea slater () Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.

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

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..

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

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..

Gauge :: Gauge (n.) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles..

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

Mistranslate :: Mistranslate (v. t.) To translate erroneously.

Sea Wood Louse :: Sea wood louse () A sea slater.

Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A tablet for writing upon.

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

Ericius :: Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the Authorized Version is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine..

Translate :: Translate (v. t.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to another; as, to translate a disease..

Basilica :: Basilica (n.) A digest of the laws of Justinian, translated from the original Latin into Greek, by order of Basil I., in the ninth century..

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..

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..

Graptolitic :: Graptolitic (a.) Of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites; as, a graptolitic slate..

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

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