slate : Idioms & Phrases


Adhesive slate

  • (Min.), a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name.
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Aluminous slate, ∨ Alum slate

  • (Min.), a kind of slate containing sulphate of alumina, used in the manufacture of alum.
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Bituminous slate

  • (Min.), a soft species of sectile clay slate, impregnated with bitumen.
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Bond (∨ 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.
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Chlorite slate

  • a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.
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Clay slate

  • (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.
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clean slate

  • noun an opportunity to start over without prejudice
    fresh start; tabula rasa.
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Drawing slate

  • a soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing; called also black chalk, or drawing chalk.
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Hone slate

  • See Polishing slate.
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Horn slate

  • a gray, siliceous stone.
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Hornblende slate

  • (Min.), a slaty rock, consisting essentially of hornblende and feldspar, useful for flagging on account of its toughness.
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Log slate

  • . (Naut.) See Log board (above).
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Mica schist, Mica slate

  • (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
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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.
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Slate axaxe

  • a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails.
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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.
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slate club

  • noun a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas)
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Slate globe

  • a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material.
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Slate pencil

  • noun a pencil of soft slate (or soapstone) used for writing on a slate
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  • a pencil of slate, or of soapstone, used for writing on a slate.
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Slate rocks

  • (Min.), rocks which split into thin laminæ, not necessarily parallel to the stratification; foliated rocks.
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slate roof

  • noun a roof covered with slate
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Slate spar

  • (Min.), a variety of calcite of silvery white luster and of a slaty structure.
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slate-black

  • adjective satellite of a black tinged with slate-grey
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slate-color

Slate"-col`or
Definitions
  1. A dark bluish gray color.
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slate-colored junco

  • noun common North American junco having grey plumage and eyes with dark brown irises
    dark-eyed junco; Junco hyemalis.
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slate-gray

  • adjective satellite of the color of slate or granite
    stone-gray; slaty-gray; slate-gray; slatey; slaty; slaty-grey; stone-grey.
    • the slaty sky of dawn
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Slate"-gray` adjective
Definitions
  1. Of a dark gray, like slate.
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slate-grey

  • adjective satellite of the color of slate or granite
    stone-gray; slaty-gray; slate-gray; slatey; slaty; slaty-grey; stone-grey.
    • the slaty sky of dawn
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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

  • (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; called also whetstone slate, and oilstone.
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