the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Slate
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.
(2):
(v. t.) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.
(3):
(v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.
(4):
(v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.
(5):
(v. t.) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
(6):
(v. t.) A prepared piece of such stone.
(7):
(v. t.) A tablet for writing upon.
(8):
(v. t.) A thin plate of any material; a flake.
(9):
(v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.
(10):
(v. t.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
(11):
(v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/slate.html. 1828.
