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i. [Also slatch; slasher (slash'er), n. [ "Had he no arms?" asked the Justice. "Ay, ay, they are never without barkers and slashers ." Scott , Guy Manner ing, xxxii. (b) An instrument or appliance of various kinds used in some slashing operation. (1) In brickmaking, a piece of wrought-iron three feet in length, three inches wide, and three eighths of an inch thick, set in a handle about two and one half feet long and two inches in diameter, used to slash or cut through the clay in all directions with a view to detecting and picking out any small stones that may be found in it. He [the temperer] next trims the small pile of clay into shape, and commences to cut through it with an instrument called a slasher , and any stone that he may strike with the slasher is picked out of the clay. C. T. Davis , Bricks and Tiles, p. 107. (2) A machine for sizing, drying, and finishing warp-yarns. 2. The thrasher or fox-shark. [Local, Eng.] slashing (slash'ing), n. [Verbal n. of slash1 , v.] 1. A slash or pane in a garment. Gowns of "silver plush and port-wine satin," with brocaded trains gleaming fitfully with slashings of exquisite Athenæum , Oct. 27, 1888, p. 551. pink. 2. In mil it. eng in., the felling of trees so that their tops shall fall toward the enemy, and thus prevent or retard his approach; also (in singular or plural), the trees thus felled: same as abatis2, 1.-3. pl. Trees or branches cut down by woodmen. Also slashes. slashing (slash'ing), p. a. 1. That cuts and slashes at random; reckle ly or unmercifully severe; that cuts right and left indiscriminately: as, a slashing criticism or article. [Colloq.j Here, however, the Alexandrian critics, with all their slashing insolence, showed themselves sons of the feeble; they groped about in twilight. De Quincey, Homer, i. He may be called the inventor of the modern slashing article. Athenæum, Jan. 14, 1888, p. 43. found from South Carolina to Louisiana along the coast, and in the West Indies. It is a fair sized tree, with a wood nearly equaling that of the long leafed pine, though rarely made into lumber. Also called swamp - pine, bastard pine, and meadow -pine. Sargent. slashy (slash'i), a. [ Eng.] = Norw. slett, a blow; prob. from the Cf. slaught.] I. trans. root of slay: see slay1. 1. To throw or cast down violently or carele ly; jerk. [Prov. Eng. and U. S.] -2. To strike; knock; beat; bang. Mendoza. How did you kill him? Malevole. Slatted his brains out, then soused him in the briny sea. Marston and Webster, Malcontent, iv. 1. II. in trans. To flap violently, as the sails when blown adrift in a violent wind, or when in a calm the motion of the ship strikes them against the masts and rigging. The two top-gallant-sails were still hanging in the buntlines, and slatting and jerking as though they would take the masts out of her. slat1 (slat), n. R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast, p. 351. [ slat1 , v.] 1. A sudden flap or slap; a sharp blow or stroke. The sail bellied out over our heads, and again, by a slat of the wind, blew in under the yard with a fearful jerk. R. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 257. 2. A spot; stain. [Prov. Eng.] -3. A spent salmon, or one that has spawned. slat2 (slat), v.; pret. and pp. slatted, ppr. slatting. Same as slate1. [Prov. Eng.] slats (slat), v. i. and t.; pret. and pp. slatted, ppr. slatting. [Perhaps another use of slat1; otherwise a var. of * slate; And with all such maine blowes were dealt to and fro with axes that both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces. Holland , tr. of Ammianus Mar cell in us (1609). ( Nares .) slat3 (slat), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also slatte ; slat , slatte , usually sclat , sklat , sclate , sclatte , a flat stone, slate, esclat (Walloon sklat ), F. éclat , a splinter, chip, shiver, fragment, piece; cf. OF. esclater , F. éclater , split, splinter, shiver, burst, slizan , sclīzan , MHG. slizen , G. schlei en , slit, split, = E. slit : see slit1 , and cf. éclat , slash1 , slice.] I. n. 1. A thin flat stone, or piece of stone, especially a piece of slate; a slate; a stone tile. See slate2 . And the i not fyndinge in what part the i schulde bere him yn, for the cumpenye of peple, stizeden vp on the rof, and by the sclattis the i senten him doun with the bed in to the myddil, byfore Thesu. Wyclif, Luke v. 19. IMG:content-1258.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A thin slab or veneer of stone sometimes used to face rougher stonework or brickwork. E. H. Knight.-3. A long narrow strip or slip of wood. Specifically - ( a ) A strip of wood used to fasten together larger pieces, as on a crate, etc. (b) One of a number of strips forming the bottom boards of a bedstead. (c) One of a number of strips secured acro an opening so as to leave intervals between them, as in a chicken-coop, rabbit-hutch, etc. (d) One of the cro -laths of a Venetian blind, or the like. Virginia,... kneeling behind the slats of her bedroom window-blinds, watched the little Canadian fishing wagon as it drove away. Harper's Mag ., LXXVI. 220. (e) In carriage - building, one of the thin strips of wood or iron used to form the ribs of the top or canopy of a buggy, carryall, or rockaway, or to form the bottom of a wagon bottom a wicker basket. body(f) One of the radial strips used in forming the 4. pl. Dark-blue ooze, rather hard, left dry by the ebb of the sea. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.]Slat-weaving machine, a form of loom for weaving, in which the weft is slats, palm-leaf, or some similar material. The weft is cut in lengths corresponding to the width of the goods, and put into the shed piece by piece. II. a . Made of slats. - Slat awning, a wooden or metal awning made of slats. - Slat matting, a kind of wood carpet made of veneers or wooden slats fastened upon a fabric. In some examples nar narrow strips of different sorts of wood are glued upon cloth, and dried, and the surface is then planed and finished. - Slat seat, a seat made of narrow strips of wood, usually arranged longitudinally with a space between each pair. - Slat weir, a weir or pound (for the capture of fish) having slats instead of netting. [Cape Cod, Ma achusetts.] S. lat. An abbreviation of south latitude. the bolster, connecting the futchells. slatch1 (slach), n. [An a ibilated form of slack1.] Naut.: (a) The slack of a rope. (b) A short gleam of fine weather. (c) A brief, pa ing breeze. A machine slatch2 (slach), v. i. [A var. of slash2.] To dabble in mire. [Scotch.] slat-crimper (slat krimpér), n. for compre ing the ends of slats to make them fit mortises cut to receive them. slatel (slat), v. t.; pret. and pp. slated, sla ppr. slating. [ IMG:content-1259.png:[blocks in formation] Life of St. Julian a (E. E. T. S.), p. 52. ( Stratmann .) 2. To haul over the coals; take to task harshly or rudely; berate; abuse; scold; hold up to ridicule; criticize severely: as, the work was slated in the reviews. [Colloq., Eng.] And instead of being grateful, you set to and slate me! R. D. Black more, Kit and Kitty, xxx i. None the le I'll slate him. I'll slate him ponderously in the cataclysm. R. Kipling , The Light that Failed, iv. slate2 (slāt), n . and a. [ slat , slatte , * slate , sclate , usually sclat , sclatte : see slat3 .] I. n. 11. A thin, flat stone or piece of stone; a thin plate or flake. See slat3 , 1. With sunne and the frost togither, it [the Columbine marl] will resolve and cleave into most thin slates or flakes. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xvii. 8. Especially-2. A piece or plate of the stone hence called slate . (See def. 3.) Specifically (a) A plate of slate used for covering in or roofing buildings; a tile of slate. (b) A tablet of slate, usually inclosed in a wooden frame, used for writing, especially by school-children; hence, any similar tablet used for this purpose. The door, which moved with difficulty on its creaking and rusty hinges, being forced quite open, a square and sturdy little urchin became apparent, with cheeks as red as an apple.. A book and a small slate under his arm indicated that he was on his way to school. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, iii. 3. A rock the most striking characteristic of which is its fi ile structure, or capability of being easily split or cleft into thin plates of nearly uniform thickne and smooth surfaces. The rocks in which a fi ile structure is particularly well developed are almost exclusively the argillaceous, and those which have been more or le metamorphosed, and this fi ility appears to be the result of the rearrangement of the particles of the rock into new combinations flattened into thin scales which lie in a direction at right angles to the direction in which the rock was pre ed at the time the metamorphism was taking place. The best known variety of slate is the common roofing-slate, which is compact, homogeneous, and fi ile enough to be used for covering roofs, or for manufacture into tables, chimney-pieces, writing-slates, etc. The valuable varieties of roofing-slate come almost exclusively from the older metamorphic rocks. (See cleavage and foliation.) North Wales is by far the most important slate-producing region of the world, some beds having been worked there as early as the twelfth century. The principal quarries are in southern Carnarvonshire and Meri on eths hire in the Lower Silurian, and in Montgomery shire in the Upper Silurian. There are also quarries in Cornwall in the Devonian, and slates of the same geological age are obtained in France in considerable quantity, as well as in parts of Germany adjacent to the Rhine. There are various quarries in Devons hire in the Carboniferous; but in most of them the slate furnished is not of first-rate quality; and, in general, it may be said that the Carboniferous is the highest geological formation producing what can properly be denominated slate. The slate of the United States comes almost entirely from a very low position in the geological series, as is also the case in Europe. Pennsylvania and Vermont are the principal slate-producing States, and they together furnish more than two thirds in value of the total production of the country. 4. A preliminary list of candidates prepared by party managers for acceptance by a nominating caucus or convention: so called as being written down, as it were on a slate, and altered or erased like a school-boy's writing. [U. S. political slang.] - Adhesive slate. See ad hesive. - Aluminous slate, slate containing alumina, See used in the manufacture of alum.- Alum slate. alum. Argillaceous slate, clay slate (which see, under clay).-Back of a slate. See back1.- Bituminous slate, soft slate impregnated with bitumen.- Chlorite slate. See chlorite.-Drawing-slate. Same as black chalk ( a ) (which see, under chalk ). - Hone or whet slate, slate which has much silica in its composition, and is used for hones.-Hornblende slate, slate containing hornblende. -Knotted slate. See knot1, n., 3 (f). Lithographic slate. See lithographic. - Polishing slate. See polish ing-slate. Rain-spot slate, certain slates forming part of the Lower Silurian series in Wales: so called from their mottled appearance. - Skiddaw slates, a series of slaty and gritty rocks occurring in the Lake District of England, and forming there the base of the fo iliferous rocks. The most important fo ils which they contain are graptolites. -Stones field slate, in geol., a division of the Great Oolite IMG:content-1260.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To enter as on a slate; suggest or propose as a candidate by entering the name on the slate or ticket: as, A. B. is already slated for the mayoralty. See I., 4. [U. S. political slang.] -3. In tanning, to cleanse from hairs, etc., with a slater. See slater, 3. slate-ax (slāt ́aks), n. A slaters' tool: same as sax1, 2. slate-black (slāt'blak), a. Of a slate color having le than one tenth the luminosity of white. slate-blue (slat'blö), a. Dull-blue with a grayish tinge; schist a ceo us. slate-clay (slāt klā), n. Same as shale2 .