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slate
(encz) | slate,břidlice n: Zdeněk Brož |
slate
(encz) | slate,břidlicová tabulka n: v minulosti používáno na psaní ve
školách Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,břidlicová taška n: Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,kritizovat v: [brit.] ostře Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,nominovat v: Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,plánovat v: pro co, na kdy dle předpokladů ap. Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,pokrýt v: břidlicovými taškami Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,seznam kandidátů n: pro volby ap. Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,šeď břidlicová n: barva Pino |
slate
(encz) | slate,tablet n: tablet PC, zpravidla s digitálním perem Pino |
Slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for
an appointment. [Polit. Cant]
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Slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\, v. t. [Cf. AS. sl[=ae]ting a privilege of
hunting.]
To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] [Written also slete.] --Ray.
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slate
(wn) | slate
n 1: (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
2: thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate,
slating]
3: a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin
layers
4: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run
for election to public offices [syn: slate, ticket]
v 1: designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She
was slated to be his successor"
2: enter on a list or slate for an election; "He was slated for
borough president"
3: cover with slate; "slate the roof" |
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clean slate
(encz) | clean slate,čistý štít [fráz.] [přen.] Josef Psohlavec |
legislate
(encz) | legislate,vydávat zákony Zdeněk Brož |
legislated
(encz) | legislated,vydával zákony Zdeněk Brož |
mistranslate
(encz) | mistranslate, v: |
mistranslated
(encz) | mistranslated,nesprávně přeložený Zdeněk Brož |
mistranslates
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(encz) | retranslate,přeložit do dalšího jazyka n: Zdeněk Brož |
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sea slater
(encz) | sea slater, n: |
slate board
(encz) | slate board,klapka n: Pino |
slate club
(encz) | slate club, n: |
slate pencil
(encz) | slate pencil, n: |
slate roof
(encz) | slate roof, n: |
slate-colored junco
(encz) | slate-colored junco, n: |
slate-gray
(encz) | slate-gray, adj: |
slated
(encz) | slated,kritizován adj: Pinoslated,nominován adj: Pinoslated,plánován adj: Pinoslated,pokrytý adj: břidlicovými taškami Pino |
slater
(encz) | slater,pokrývač n: Zdeněk Brožslater,stínka n: Zdeněk Brož |
slatey
(encz) | slatey, adj: |
translate
(encz) | translate,posunout v: joe@hw.cztranslate,překládat translate,přeložit |
translated
(encz) | translated,přeložený adj: Zdeněk Brožtranslated,přeložil v: Zdeněk Brož |
translates
(encz) | translates,překládá v: Zdeněk Brož |
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Adhesive slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Alum slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Aluminous slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Bituminous slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Bond of a slate
(gcide) | Bond \Bond\ (b[o^]nd), n. [The same word as band. Cf. Band,
Bend.]
1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which
anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a
band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
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Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder,
I gained my freedom. --Shak.
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2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity,
restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
bonds." --Acts xxvi.
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3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting
tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
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A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond
of mankind. --Burke.
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4. Moral or political duty or obligation.
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I love your majesty
According to my bond, nor more nor less. --Shak.
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5. (Law) A writing under seal, by which a person binds
himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay
a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is
a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that,
if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain
place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform
certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or
before a time specified, the obligation shall be void;
otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition
is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the
obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the
whole sum. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
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6. A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary
legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for
purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a
specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given
in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or
railway bond.
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7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the
duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.
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8. (Arch.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks
forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this
purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or
block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks
with their ends toward the face of the wall, called
headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths
parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers;
Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of
headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to
break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English
by the change of the second stretcher line so that its
joints come in the middle of the first, and the same
position of stretchers comes back every fifth line;
Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of
the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the
other.
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9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as,
oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called {chemical
bond}. It is often represented in graphic formul[ae] by a
short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and
Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by
chemists, as double bond, triple bond, {covalent
bond}, hydrogen bond.
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10. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent
rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of
the electric circuit.
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11. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Africander Bond, a league or association
appealing to African, but practically to Boer,
patriotism. --James Bryce.
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Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration.
Bond creditor (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a
bond. --Blackstone.
covalent bond, an attractive force between two atoms of a
molecule generated by the merging of an electron orbital
of each atom into a combined orbital in the molecule. Such
bonds vary in strength, but in molecules of substances
typically encountered in human experience (as, water or
alcohol) they are sufficiently strong to persist and
maintain the identity and integrity of the molecule over
appreciable periods of time. Each such bond satisfies one
unit of valence for each of the atoms thus bonded.
Contrasted with hydrogen bond, which is weaker and does
not satisfy the valence of either atom involved.
double bond, triple bond, a covalent bond which
involves the merging of orbitals of two (or three)
electrons on each of the two connected atoms, thus
satisfying two (or three) units of valence on each of the
bonded atoms. When two carbon atoms are thus bonded, the
bond (and the compound) are said to be unsaturated.
Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of
a bond. --Burrows.
hydrogen bond, a non-covalent bond between hydrogen and
another atom, usually oxygen or nitrogen. It does not
involve the sharing of electrons between the bonded atoms,
and therefore does not satisfy the valence of either atom.
Hydrogen bonds are weak (ca. 5 kcal/mol) and may be
frequently broken and reformed in solution at room
temperature.
Bond of a slate or lap of a slate, the distance between
the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second
slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three
thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the
under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.
Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen
it longitudinally.
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Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
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Chlorite slate
(gcide) | Chlorite \Chlo"rite\, n. [Gr. ? (sc. ?), fr. chlwro`s light
green.] (Min.)
The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and
micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous
silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
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Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of
alumina, iron, and magnesia.
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Clay slate
(gcide) | Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog.]
1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the
hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is
the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,
of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,
magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often
present as impurities.
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2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
body as formed from such particles.
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I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii.
6.
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The earth is covered thick with other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron.
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Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.
Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and
therefore turning red when burned.
Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.
Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.
Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.
Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
mill.
Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.
Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.
Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite,
bole, etc.
Fire clay, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
fire brick.
Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from
the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.
Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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Drawing slate
(gcide) | Drawing \Draw"ing\, n.
1. The act of pulling, or attracting.
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2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of
lines and shades; especially, such a representation when
in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors
of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with
hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation;
also, the figure or representation drawn.
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3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by
hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and
cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.
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4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating
the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers,
to prepare it for spinning.
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5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery.
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Note: Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of
compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for
drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial
representation); as, drawing master or drawing-master,
drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine,
drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing
pencil, etc.
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A drawing of tea, a small portion of tea for steeping.
Drawing knife. See in the Vocabulary.
Drawing paper (Fine Arts), a thick, sized paper for
draughtsman and for water-color painting.
Drawing slate, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon
drawing; -- called also black chalk, or drawing chalk.
Free-hand drawing, a style of drawing made without the use
of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from
mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus
executed.
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Globe slater
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
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Hone slate
(gcide) | Hone \Hone\, n. [AS. h[=a]n; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf.
Skr. [,c][=a][.n]a, also [,c][=o], [,c]i, to sharpen, and E.
cone. [root]38, 228.]
A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with
an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting
instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
--Tusser.
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Hone slateSee Polishing slate.
Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones.
See Novaculite.
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Horn slate
(gcide) | Horn \Horn\ (h[^o]rn), n. [AS. horn; akin to D. horen, hoorn,
G., Icel., Sw., & Dan. horn, Goth. ha['u]rn, W., Gael., & Ir.
corn, L. cornu, Gr. ke`ras, and perh. also to E. cheer,
cranium, cerebral; cf. Skr. [,c]iras head. Cf. Carat,
Corn on the foot, Cornea, Corner, Cornet,
Cornucopia, Hart.]
1. A hard, projecting, and usually pointed organ, growing
upon the heads of certain animals, esp. of the ruminants,
as cattle, goats, and the like. The hollow horns of the Ox
family consist externally of true horn, and are never
shed.
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2. The antler of a deer, which is of bone throughout, and
annually shed and renewed.
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3. (Zool.) Any natural projection or excrescence from an
animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in
substance or form; esp.:
(a) A projection from the beak of a bird, as in the
hornbill.
(b) A tuft of feathers on the head of a bird, as in the
horned owl.
(c) A hornlike projection from the head or thorax of an
insect, or the head of a reptile, or fish.
(d) A sharp spine in front of the fins of a fish, as in
the horned pout.
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4. (Bot.) An incurved, tapering and pointed appendage found
in the flowers of the milkweed (Asclepias).
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5. Something made of a horn, or in resemblance of a horn; as:
(a) A wind instrument of music; originally, one made of a
horn (of an ox or a ram); now applied to various
elaborately wrought instruments of brass or other
metal, resembling a horn in shape. "Wind his horn
under the castle wall." --Spenser. See French horn,
under French.
(b) A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally
made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale."
--Mason.
(c) The cornucopia, or horn of plenty. See Cornucopia.
"Fruits and flowers from Amalth[ae]a's horn."
--Milton.
(d) A vessel made of a horn; esp., one designed for
containing powder; anciently, a small vessel for
carrying liquids. "Samuel took the hornof oil and
anointed him [David]." --1 Sam. xvi. 13.
(e) The pointed beak of an anvil.
(f) The high pommel of a saddle; also, either of the
projections on a lady's saddle for supporting the leg.
(g) (Arch.) The Ionic volute.
(h) (Naut.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the
projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc.
(i) (Carp.) A curved projection on the fore part of a
plane.
(j) One of the projections at the four corners of the
Jewish altar of burnt offering. "Joab . . . caught
hold on the horns of the altar." --1 Kings ii. 28.
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6. One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity
or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped.
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The moon
Wears a wan circle round her blunted horns.
--Thomson.
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7. (Mil.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of
a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.
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Sharpening in mooned horns
Their phalanx. --Milton.
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8. The tough, fibrous material of which true horns are
composed, being, in the Ox family, chiefly albuminous,
with some phosphate of lime; also, any similar substance,
as that which forms the hoof crust of horses, sheep, and
cattle; as, a spoon of horn.
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9. (Script.) A symbol of strength, power, glory, exaltation,
or pride.
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The Lord is . . . the horn of my salvation. --Ps.
xviii. 2.
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10. An emblem of a cuckold; -- used chiefly in the plural.
"Thicker than a cuckold's horn." --Shak.
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11. the telephone; as, on the horn. [slang]
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12. a body of water shaped like a horn; as, the Golden Horn
in Istanbul.
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Horn block, the frame or pedestal in which a railway car
axle box slides up and down; -- also called horn plate.
Horn of a dilemma. See under Dilemma.
Horn distemper, a disease of cattle, affecting the internal
substance of the horn.
Horn drum, a wheel with long curved scoops, for raising
water.
Horn lead (Chem.), chloride of lead.
Horn maker, a maker of cuckolds. [Obs.] --Shak.
Horn mercury. (Min.) Same as Horn quicksilver (below).
Horn poppy (Bot.), a plant allied to the poppy ({Glaucium
luteum}), found on the sandy shores of Great Britain and
Virginia; -- called also horned poppy. --Gray.
Horn pox (Med.), abortive smallpox with an eruption like
that of chicken pox.
Horn quicksilver (Min.), native calomel, or bichloride of
mercury.
Horn shell (Zool.), any long, sharp, spiral, gastropod
shell, of the genus Cerithium, and allied genera.
Horn silver (Min.), cerargyrite.
Horn slate, a gray, siliceous stone.
To pull in one's horns, To haul in one's horns, to
withdraw some arrogant pretension; to cease a demand or
withdraw an assertion. [Colloq.]
To raise the horn, or To lift the horn (Script.), to
exalt one's self; to act arrogantly. "'Gainst them that
raised thee dost thou lift thy horn?" --Milton.
To take a horn, to take a drink of intoxicating liquor.
[Low]
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Hornblende slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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lap of a slate
(gcide) | Bond \Bond\ (b[o^]nd), n. [The same word as band. Cf. Band,
Bend.]
1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which
anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a
band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
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Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder,
I gained my freedom. --Shak.
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2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity,
restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
bonds." --Acts xxvi.
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3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting
tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
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A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond
of mankind. --Burke.
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4. Moral or political duty or obligation.
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I love your majesty
According to my bond, nor more nor less. --Shak.
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5. (Law) A writing under seal, by which a person binds
himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay
a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is
a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that,
if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain
place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform
certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or
before a time specified, the obligation shall be void;
otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition
is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the
obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the
whole sum. --Bouvier. --Wharton.
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6. A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary
legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for
purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a
specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given
in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or
railway bond.
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7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the
duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.
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8. (Arch.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks
forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this
purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or
block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks
with their ends toward the face of the wall, called
headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths
parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers;
Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of
headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to
break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English
by the change of the second stretcher line so that its
joints come in the middle of the first, and the same
position of stretchers comes back every fifth line;
Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of
the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the
other.
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9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as,
oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called {chemical
bond}. It is often represented in graphic formul[ae] by a
short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and
Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by
chemists, as double bond, triple bond, {covalent
bond}, hydrogen bond.
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10. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent
rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of
the electric circuit.
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11. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa]
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The Africander Bond, a league or association
appealing to African, but practically to Boer,
patriotism. --James Bryce.
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Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration.
Bond creditor (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a
bond. --Blackstone.
covalent bond, an attractive force between two atoms of a
molecule generated by the merging of an electron orbital
of each atom into a combined orbital in the molecule. Such
bonds vary in strength, but in molecules of substances
typically encountered in human experience (as, water or
alcohol) they are sufficiently strong to persist and
maintain the identity and integrity of the molecule over
appreciable periods of time. Each such bond satisfies one
unit of valence for each of the atoms thus bonded.
Contrasted with hydrogen bond, which is weaker and does
not satisfy the valence of either atom involved.
double bond, triple bond, a covalent bond which
involves the merging of orbitals of two (or three)
electrons on each of the two connected atoms, thus
satisfying two (or three) units of valence on each of the
bonded atoms. When two carbon atoms are thus bonded, the
bond (and the compound) are said to be unsaturated.
Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of
a bond. --Burrows.
hydrogen bond, a non-covalent bond between hydrogen and
another atom, usually oxygen or nitrogen. It does not
involve the sharing of electrons between the bonded atoms,
and therefore does not satisfy the valence of either atom.
Hydrogen bonds are weak (ca. 5 kcal/mol) and may be
frequently broken and reformed in solution at room
temperature.
Bond of a slate or lap of a slate, the distance between
the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second
slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three
thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the
under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate.
Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen
it longitudinally.
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Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
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Legislate
(gcide) | Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Legislated (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Legislating (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See Legislator.]
To make or enact a law or laws.
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Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of
a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp.
Watson (1805).
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Legislated
(gcide) | Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[e^]j"[i^]s*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Legislated (-l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Legislating (-l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [See Legislator.]
To make or enact a law or laws.
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Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of
a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp.
Watson (1805).
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Log slate
(gcide) | Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[=a]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie.
See Lie to lie prostrate.]
1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing
or sawing.
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2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock,
Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring
the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
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Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship,
often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the
former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or
six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make
it float with the point up. It is attached to the log
line by cords from each corner. This line is divided
into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same
proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an
hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as
to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the
log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward,
and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of
knots run out in half a minute. There are improved
logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being
towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through
by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly,
which are registered on a dial plate.
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3. Hence: The record of the rate of speed of a ship or
airplane, and of the course of its progress for the
duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a
ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
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4. Hence, generally: A record and tabulated statement of the
person(s) operating, operations performed, resources
consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or
system.
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5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting
rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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6. (computers) A record of activities performed within a
program, or changes in a database or file on a computer,
and typically kept as a file in the computer.
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Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting
together like a book, with columns in which are entered
the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc.,
during each hour of the day and night. These entries are
transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used
instead.
Log book, or Logbook (Naut.),
(a) a book in which is entered the daily progress of a
ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on
the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents
of the log board.
(b) a book in which a log[4] is recorded.
Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs.
Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a
single log; a dugout canoe.
Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
running out of the log line.
Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
Log, n., 2.
Log perch (Zool.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
(Percina caprodes); -- called also hogfish and
rockfish.
Log reel (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
Log slate. (Naut.) See Log board (above).
Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
cruise or voyage.
Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
officer of the government.
To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
speed by the log.
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Mica slate
(gcide) | Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]
(Min.)
The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly
perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very
thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in
composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to
green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,
the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called
isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and
glimmer.
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Note: The important species of the mica group are:
muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or
green, often silvery, including damourite (also
called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite,
iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black;
lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite,
magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite,
lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
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is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and
mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks;
phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
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Mica diorite (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but
containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
Mica powder, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of
mica.
Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), a schistose rock,
consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some
feldspar.
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Mistranslate
(gcide) | Mistranslate \Mis`trans*late"\, v. t.
To translate erroneously.
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Polishing slate
(gcide) | Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\,
a. & n. from Polish.
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Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing
iron used in laundries.
Polishing slate.
(a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne,
and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals.
(b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate.
Polishing snake, a tool used in cleaning lithographic
stones.
Polishing wheel, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed
of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.
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Retranslate
(gcide) | Retranslate \Re`trans*late"\, v. t.
To translate anew; especially, to translate back into the
original language.
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Sea slater
(gcide) | Sea slater \Sea" slat"er\ (Zool.)
Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.
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Slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for
an appointment. [Polit. Cant]
[1913 Webster]Slate \Slate\, v. t. [Cf. AS. sl[=ae]ting a privilege of
hunting.]
To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.] [Written also slete.] --Ray.
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Slate ax
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
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2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
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3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
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4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
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5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
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6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate axe
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate clay
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate globe
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate pencil
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate rocks
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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slate spar
(gcide) | Shiver-spar \Shiv"er-spar`\, n. [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.)
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; --
called also slate spar.
[1913 Webster]Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate spar
(gcide) | Shiver-spar \Shiv"er-spar`\, n. [Cf. G. schiefer-spath.] (Min.)
A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; --
called also slate spar.
[1913 Webster]Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Slate-color
(gcide) | Slate-color \Slate"-col`or\
A dark bluish gray color.
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Slated
(gcide) | 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.
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2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for
an appointment. [Polit. Cant]
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Slate-gray
(gcide) | Slate-gray \Slate"-gray`\, a.
Of a dark gray, like slate.
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Slater
(gcide) | Slater \Slat"er\, n.
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate
buildings.
[1913 Webster]Slater \Slat"er\, n. (Zool.)
Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio
and allied genera; a sow bug.
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talc slate
(gcide) | Talc \Talc\ (t[a^]lk), n. [F. talc; cf. Sp. & It. talco, LL.
talcus; all fr. Ar. talq.] (Min.)
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or
grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is
hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is
a compact granular variety.
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Indurated talc, an impure, slaty talc, with a nearly
compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; --
called also talc slate.
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Translate
(gcide) | Translate \Trans*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Translated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Translating.] [f. translatus, used as p. p. of
transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See
Trans-, and Tolerate, and cf. Translation.]
1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to
transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show
her head- the rest of her body being translated to
Rome. --Evelyn.
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2. To change to another condition, position, place, or
office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.
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3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.
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By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not
see death; and was not found, because God had
translatedhim. --Heb. xi. 5.
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4. (Eccl.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another.
"Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have
translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . .
refused." --Camden.
[1913 Webster]
5. To render into another language; to express the sense of
in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to
explain or recapitulate in other words.
[1913 Webster]
Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing
language, what he found in books well known to the
world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls.
--Macaulay.
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6. To change into another form; to transform.
[1913 Webster]
Happy is your grace,
That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune
Into so quiet and so sweet a style. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Med.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to
another; as, to translate a disease.
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8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance.
[Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
[1913 Webster]Translate \Trans*late\, v. i.
To make a translation; to be engaged in translation.
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Translated
(gcide) | Translate \Trans*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Translated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Translating.] [f. translatus, used as p. p. of
transferre to transfer, but from a different root. See
Trans-, and Tolerate, and cf. Translation.]
1. To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to
transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show
her head- the rest of her body being translated to
Rome. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
2. To change to another condition, position, place, or
office; to transfer; hence, to remove as by death.
[1913 Webster]
3. To remove to heaven without a natural death.
[1913 Webster]
By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not
see death; and was not found, because God had
translatedhim. --Heb. xi. 5.
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4. (Eccl.) To remove, as a bishop, from one see to another.
"Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, when the king would have
translated him from that poor bishopric to a better, . . .
refused." --Camden.
[1913 Webster]
5. To render into another language; to express the sense of
in the words of another language; to interpret; hence, to
explain or recapitulate in other words.
[1913 Webster]
Translating into his own clear, pure, and flowing
language, what he found in books well known to the
world, but too bulky or too dry for boys and girls.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
6. To change into another form; to transform.
[1913 Webster]
Happy is your grace,
That can translatethe stubbornness of fortune
Into so quiet and so sweet a style. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Med.) To cause to remove from one part of the body to
another; as, to translate a disease.
[1913 Webster]
8. To cause to lose senses or recollection; to entrance.
[Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
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Transparent slate
(gcide) | Slate \Slate\ (sl[=a]t), n. [OE. slat, sclat, OF. esclat a
shiver, splinter, F. ['e]clat, fr. OF. esclater to shiver, to
chip, F. ['e]clater, fr. OHG. sleizen to tear, slit, split,
fr. sl[imac]zan to slit, G. schleissen. See Slit, v. t.,
and cf. Eclat.]
1. (Min.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin
plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.
[1913 Webster]
3. A prepared piece of such stone. Especially:
(a) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses,
etc.
(b) A tablet for writing upon.
[1913 Webster]
4. An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the
above purposes.
[1913 Webster]
5. A thin plate of any material; a flake. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
6. (Politics) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination
or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of
action, devised beforehand. [Cant, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
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 ax or Slate 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 laminae,
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.
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Whet slate
(gcide) | Whet \Whet\, n.
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1. The act of whetting.
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2. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. "Sips,
drams, and whets." --Spectator.
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Whet slate (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening
cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also {whetstone
slate}, and oilstone.
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whetstone slate
(gcide) | Whet \Whet\, n.
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1. The act of whetting.
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2. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. "Sips,
drams, and whets." --Spectator.
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Whet slate (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening
cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also {whetstone
slate}, and oilstone.
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clean slate
(wn) | clean slate
n 1: an opportunity to start over without prejudice [syn: {fresh
start}, clean slate, tabula rasa] |
legislate
(wn) | legislate
v 1: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how
people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass] |
mistranslate
(wn) | mistranslate
v 1: translate incorrectly |
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