Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Slating"
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) 1.7 (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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