slating2 (slating)

[Verbal n. of slate2, v.] 1. The operation of covering roofs with slates. -2. A roofing of slates.-3. Slates taken collectively; the material for slating: as, the whole slating of a house. 4. A liquid preparation for coating blackboards so that they may be marked upon with chalk or steatite: generally IMG:content-1262.png:[blocks in formation] slatternly (slat'ern-li), a. [ A very slatternly, dirty, but at the same time very genteel French maid is appropriated to the use of my daughter. Chesterfield. Every court had its carven well to show me, in the noisy keeping of the water-carriers and the slatternly , statuesque go ips of the place. Howells , Venetian Life, ii. slatternly (slat'ėrn-li), adv. [ In a slovenly way. slatter pouch (slat'er-pouch), n. [ slatter for slat1 + pouch. Cf. slappaty - pouch .] A kind of game. When they were boyes at trap, or slatter pouch , They'd sweat. Gayton, Notes to Don Quixote, p. 86. ( Nares .) slattery (slat'ėr-i), a. [ slatter + -y1.] Wet; sloppy. [Prov. Eng.]