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SLATES
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who constructed or repaired roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English roof (Old English hrÅf). In the Middle Ages roofs might be thatched with reeds or straw, or covered with tiles, slates, or wooden shingles.German and English : nickname for an unscrupulous individual, from Middle Low German rÅver ‘pirate’, ‘robber’, Middle English rover. The English verb rove ‘to wander’ is probably a back-formation from this, and is not attested before the 16th century, so it is unlikely to lie behind any examples of the surname.German : variant of Röver (see Roever).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a roofer, from Old French co(u)vreur, an agent derivative of co(u)vrir ‘to cover’ (Latin cooperire). Roofing materials in the Middle Ages might be tiles (see Tyler), slates (see Slater), or thatch (see Thatcher), depending on the regional availability of suitable materials.English (of Norman origin) : occupational name for a maker of barrels and tubs, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French cuve ‘vat’, ‘tub’ (Late Latin cupa, of Germanic origin; compare Cooper).Americanized spelling of German Kober.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Slate.
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Girl/Female
Indian
A name of Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Hindu
Always first
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hebrew
Colour of the Earth; Young Deer
Girl/Female
Biblical
Multiplying, sowing sedition, a window, a locust.
Girl/Female
Latin
Hard working.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Alert
Girl/Female
Tamil
Little girl
Girl/Female
Hebrew
He shall add.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Bright star
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Universal Soul
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n.
Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
n.
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
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The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.
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One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
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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.
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Thin boards for sheathing, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.
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A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
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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.
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A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.