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.
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 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 laminæ, 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.
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]
Slate, v. t. [Cf. AS. slting a privilege of hunting.] To set a dog
upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [Written
also slete.] Ray.
Slate"-col`or (?). A dark bluish gray color.
Slate"-gray` (?), a. Of a dark gray, like slate.
Slat"er (?), n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate
buildings.
Slat"er, n. (Zoöl.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus
Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
Slat"ing, n. 1. The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance
resembling slate; the work of a slater.