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(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

thin layers of rock used for roofing

cover with slate; "slate the roof"

a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor"

(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

a list of candidates to be considered for nomination or election to public offices

a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

thin layers of rock used for roofing

choose someone for a job or function

cover with slate; "slate the roof"

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

A prepared piece of such stone.

A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.

A tablet for writing upon.

An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.

A thin plate of any material; a flake.

A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.

To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.

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

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

A prepared piece of such stone.

A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.

A tablet for writing upon.

An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.

A thin plate of any material; a flake.

A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.

To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.

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

A kind of rock that splits into thin plates; the dark gray color of this rock; a thin plate of this rock used for roofing or as a tablet for writing upon; a list of candidates, prepared for nomination or election.

To cover with slate; register for a political appointment.

Slaty.

Slaty.

SLATER.

To roof with slate.

To put on a political slate.

Any kind of rock that splits readily into layers; also, a piece of such rock for roofing, writing upon, etc.

A list of candidates, made up for nomination or appointment.

A well-known stone which splits into thin plates: a rock or stone of a slaty structure: a piece of slate for roofing, or for writing upon.

SLATER.

Kind of stone which splits into plates; a plate of it.

n. [French ] An argillaceous stone which readily splits into plates;—any rock or stone having a slaty structure;—a prepared piece of such stone; especially, a thin, fiat piece for roofing or covering houses, &c.;—a tablet for writing upon.