What is the meaning of SLATE. Phrases containing SLATE
See meanings and uses of SLATE!Slangs & AI meanings
Slate is slang for beat or thrash severely. Slate is slang for criticise severely.
Adv. Later. Rhyming slang on Oscar Slater. [Glasgow use]
Away for slates is Irish slang for on the way to success.
Traditionally, at the helm, the watch keeper would record details of speed, distances, headings, etc. on a slate. At the beginning of a new watch the slate would be wiped clean.
Later. See you Christian Slater.
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Slightly deranged. Also "slate loose."
Vrb phrs. To be a little insane.
Abuse, quarrel.
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n.
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
a.
Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
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Of a dark gray, like slate.
n.
A shingle; also, a slate for roofing.
v. t.
To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
v. t.
An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
n.
A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
n.
A kind of chopping instrument for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
imp. & p. p.
of Slate
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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.
v. t.
To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
n.
The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile.
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A variety of blue slate.
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A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
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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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Of a slate color.
v. t.
To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
n.
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
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