Bible Dictionaries
Slate

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Slate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/slate.html. 1828.