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Slater

Slater \Slat"er\, n. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

Slater

Slater \Slat"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
slater

"one who makes or lays slates," c.1400 (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from slate.

Wiktionary
slater

n. 1 One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings. 2 Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus (taxlink Porcellio genus noshow=1) and allied genera; a sowbug.

WordNet
slater

n. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats [syn: woodlouse]

Gazetteer
Slater, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
Population (2000): 82
Housing Units (2000): 42
Land area (2000): 73.983608 sq. miles (191.616657 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 73.983608 sq. miles (191.616657 sq. km)
FIPS code: 71295
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 41.872820 N, 104.779088 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Slater, WY
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Slater, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 2083
Housing Units (2000): 1072
Land area (2000): 1.447458 sq. miles (3.748900 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.447458 sq. miles (3.748900 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68204
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.221658 N, 93.062529 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65349
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Headwords:
Slater, MO
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Slater, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 1306
Housing Units (2000): 555
Land area (2000): 1.234879 sq. miles (3.198323 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.234879 sq. miles (3.198323 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73515
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.880265 N, 93.681642 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50244
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Headwords:
Slater, IA
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Slater-Marietta, SC -- U.S. Census Designated Place in South Carolina
Population (2000): 2228
Housing Units (2000): 989
Land area (2000): 4.296903 sq. miles (11.128928 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.296903 sq. miles (11.128928 sq. km)
FIPS code: 66917
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 35.029244 N, 82.497410 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Slater-Marietta, SC
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Wikipedia
Slater (disambiguation)

A slater is a tradesman who works with slate.

Slater may also refer to:

Slater

A slater, or slate mason, is a tradesman who covers buildings with slate.

Slater (crater)

Slater is an impact crater near the south pole of the Moon. Like nearby Shackleton, the floor of the crater is in nearly perpetual darkness.

The crater's name was adopted by the IAU in May 2015, after the American planetary scientist David Charles Slater.

Usage examples of "slater".

Slaters had reseized it from the robbers at gunpoint, sending them on their way into the night.

When he opened the kitchen door he actually gulped audibly as he saw young Slater sitting by the table, a mug of tea in one hand and a large shive of bread in the other.

Hillary Slater died from an overdose of Warfarin, resulting in a hemorrhage from her uterus.

Slater and her son Harry were guests of the Browns at supper, at which was served the chowder made from the clams dug by the children that afternoon.

Atkins, as the first settler on Columbian Heights, and as the organizer and both Secretary and agent of the Board of Trustees, pushed the work of The Slater Industrial School, encouraged and supported by the industrious efforts of the members of the Board, until in 1895 he was called to the Presidency of the Institution.

Jefferson handing around another tray of drinks, at Sam Slater grinningly picking out a woman, at the woman he had picked out himself.

Teresa Slater, who was forty-two, naturally blond, pleasantly buxom, stylishly dressed, and who had worked for the Honorable Frederick K.

A search on Atlantis brought a large He found the card of Helen Slater, the woman from Bimini number of references--over three thousand.

A party of these Boers attacked a small post of sixteen Yeomanry under Lieutenant Slater at Bultfontein, but were held at bay until relief came from Brandfort.

Slaters and pillbugs are terrestrial crustaceans, related to lobsters and crayfish.

Although they can be a pest elsewhere in the garden, pill bugs and slaters break down compost very rapidly.

Her smile when she saw Chris banished all her doubts, and Chris hugged her instinctively, tensing as the door opened and Slater walked in.

A smirk twisted his lips over the celebrational kiss, the announcer’s breathless voice identifying Gabriel Slater and Kelsey Byden as very friendly rivals.

Wells an' Slater had got to drinkin' again an' now laid daid drunk or asleep.

Hoke typed a short report about finding Rollins, made a Xerox copy of the report for Lieutenant Slater, and then took the closed file into Major Brownley's office.