Chapter Slanderer to Slave of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Adhesive slate

(Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name. — Aluminous slate, or Alum slate (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, — used in the manufacture of alum. — Bituminous slate (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen. — Hornblende slate (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness. — Slate axor axe, a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails. — Slate clay (Geol.), an indurated clay, forming one of the alternating beds of the coal measures, consisting of an infusible compound of alumina and silica, and often used for making fire bricks. Tomlinson. — Slate globe, a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material. — Slate pencil, a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate. — Slate rocks (Min.), rocks which split into thin laminæ, not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks. — Slate spar (Min.), 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.

Slate
(Slate), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slated; p. pr. & vb. n. Slating.]

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. [Polit. Cant]

Slate
(Slate), v. t. [Cf. AS. sl&aemacrting a privilege of hunting.] To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written also slete.] Ray.

Slate-color
(Slate"-col`or) A dark bluish gray color.

Slate-gray
(Slate"-gray`) a. Of a dark gray, like slate.

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

Slater
(Slat"er), n. (Zoöl.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.

Slating
(Slat"ing), n.

1. The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.

2. Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.

Slatt
(Slatt) n. [See Slat a strip of board.] A slab of stone used as a veneer for coarse masonry. Knight.

Slatter
(Slat"ter) v. i. [E. slat to throw or dash about.] To be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful. Ray.

Slattern
(Slat"tern) n. A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

Slattern
(Slat"tern), a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny. "The slattern air." Gay.

Slattern
(Slat"tern) v. t. To consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; — with away. [R.] Chesterfield.

Slatternliness
(Slat"tern*li*ness) n. The quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.

Slatternly
(Slat"tern*ly), a. Resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty. — adv. In a slatternly manner.

Slatterpouch
(Slat"ter*pouch`) n. A dance or game played by boys, requiring active exercise. [Obs.] Gayton.

Slatting
(Slat"ting) Slats, collectively.