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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  To  register  (as  on  a  slate  and  subject  to  revision),  for 
  an  appointment.  [Polit.  Cant] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Slating  \Slat"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  covering  with  slate,  slates,  or  a  substance 
  resembling  slate;  the  work  of  a  slater. 
 
  2.  Slates,  collectively;  also  material  for  slating. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slating 
  n  1:  thin  layers  of  rock  used  for  roofing  [syn:  {slate}] 
  2:  a  severely  critical  attack;  "the  reviewers  gave  his  book  a 
  sound  slating" 
  3:  the  act  of  laying  slates  for  a  roof 




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