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Definition of Slate

1. Noun. (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate.

2. Verb. Designate or schedule. "She was slated to be his successor"

3. Noun. Thin layers of rock used for roofing.

4. Verb. Enter on a list or slate for an election. "He was slated for borough president"

5. Noun. A fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.

6. Verb. Cover with slate. "Slate the roof"

7. Noun. A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices.

Definition of Slate

1. n. An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.

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

3. v. t. To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.

Definition of Slate

1. Noun. A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers. ¹

2. Noun. The bluish-grey colour of most slate. ¹

3. Noun. A sheet of slate for writing on with chalk. ¹

4. Noun. A tile made of slate. ¹

5. Noun. A record of money owed. ¹

6. Noun. A list of affiliated candidates for an election. ¹

7. Adjective. Having the bluish-grey/gray colour/color of slate. ¹

8. Verb. To cover with slate. ¹

9. Verb. (chiefly British) To criticise harshly. ¹

10. Verb. (Chiefly American English) To schedule. ¹

11. Verb. (Chiefly American English) To destine or strongly expect. ¹

12. Verb. To punish severely. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slate

1. to cover with slate (a roofing material) [v SLATED, SLATING, SLATES]

Medical Definition of Slate

1. 1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe. 2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment. Origin: Slated; Slating. 1. An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist. 2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure. 3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially: A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc. A tablet for writing upon. 4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes. 5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. 6. A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand. Adhesive slate, a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure. Transparent slate, a plate of translucent material, as ground glass, upon which a copy of a picture, placed beneath it, can be made by tracing. Origin: OE. Slat, OF. Esclat a shiver, splinter, F. Eclat, fr. OF. Esclater to shiver, to chip, F. Eclater, fr. OHG. Sliezen to tear, slit, split, fr. Slizan to slit, G. Schleissen. See Slit, and cf. Eclat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slate

slasher slashers slashes slashfic slashfics slashing slashingly slashings slasht slashy

slashzine slashzines slat slatch slatches slate (current term) slate-colored junco slate-gray slate black slate blue

slate club slate gray slate pencil slate roof slated slatelike slater slaters slates slatey

Literary usage of Slate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"slate 335 " 3500 Sand (Bradford) trace of oil 20 " 3520 slate and shells 175 " 3695 slate and shells 195 " 3890 slate and shells 140 " 4030 slate and shells ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"The land is to lie on the east side of slate Creek, a south-west branch of the main fork ... slate Creek was well known by this name, but it is a stream of ..."

3. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"the spectator the slate in my right hand, with the request that he " examine this slate on both sides." I do not tell him what I intend doing in any manner; ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"slate.— Including argillaceous rocks, which, through the process of shearing and incidental chemical activity, have undergone a partial met- amorphism, ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"Porphyritic granite, syenite, basalt, green stone, gneiss, and mica-slate. 3. Trachyte. ' 4. Amygdaloidal. 1 1. Amygdaloid. 2. Amygdaloidal porphyry, green ..."

6. Annual Report by West Virginia Mines Dept (1905)
"Noah Bange, Algoma Mine, was killed by a fall of slate. ... The man who was assisting him heard the slate working and called to him to come out. ..."

7. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"I now bring this large slate into position right over the stack for an ... I allow the small bound slate under the large one silently to drop upon the stack ..."

8. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1871)
"4' Sand Stone and slate. 8' Fire Clay. 10' slate and Fire Clay. 0' Sand Stone. 2' Fire Clay. 12' slate and Sand Stone. 11' slate, pump. 2' 0" Coal. ..."

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