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slaten
slaten
See also: Slaten
English
Adjective
slaten (not comparable)
- (literary) Made of slate.
- 1860 October, The Knickerbocker LVI, № 4, “Remembrances; Somewhat of an Allegory”, page 368:
- It is twilight time: the sun has gone away over the hill, and has left only crimson clouds for his rising token. Sitting down on the slaten rock, and looking westward, I said: ‘It will be fair to-morrow.’ Then, close by me, some one said: ‘Fair, to-morrow.’
- ibidem, page 369:
- Then she floated away and left me lying on the slaten rock.
- 1860 October, The Knickerbocker LVI, № 4, “Remembrances; Somewhat of an Allegory”, page 368:
Translations
made of slate