slatyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsleɪti/, U.S.

/ˈsleɪdi/

Forms: Also 1600s slatie, 1700s slatey.

Etymology: < slate n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

1. Composed of slate; resembling slate; having the nature or properties of slate. Also of land: Lying upon slate (quot. 1733).In the earliest quots. the sense is perhaps ‘stony, rocky’.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > composed of slate

slatya1529

shelfy1602

slatty1660

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 258 Some go streyght thyder, Be it slaty or slyder; They holde the hye waye [etc.].

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 52 An exceding..stronge Castelle on a stepe Rok, having but one way by the stepe slaty Crag to cum to it.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ardoisin,..slatie, or, of slate.

1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 65 Blew slate..and other slaty stone mixed therewith.

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 6 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) [The stone-coal] is subject to be a little Slaty.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 92 These Estates consisted of Thin Slatey Land.

1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 153 Slaty Copper ore, or Cupriferous Marlite.

1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 168 Hard flint they sat upon, Couches of rugged stone, and slaty ridge.

1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 5 From Newquay to above Boscastle the rocks..are of a slaty character.

2. Characteristic or typical of slate. slaty cleavage: see cleavage n. 1c.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > composed of slate > characteristic of

slaty1794

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 83 Of a slaty fracture.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. 540 The slaty cleavage never coincides with the direction of the strata.

1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 45 The principal fracture is straight, slaty.

a. Slate-coloured.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > greyish

grysandea1400

greyish1562

grizzlish1680

slaty1822

peppery1962

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > bluish grey

glawke1412

perse-blue1414

waterisha1425

blunket1488

bluish-grey1578

blue-grey1590

water1592

slate-grey1794

slate-coloured1801

griseous1819

neutral1821

slaty1822

schistous1858

slatish1860

powder-blue-grey1952

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 145 The slaty or purplish and granular saburra thrown up from the stomach.

1868 G. MacDonald Seaboard Parish II. v. 77 The sun had disappeared under a cloud, and the sea had turned a little slaty.

1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 202 A slaty patch extending from the shoulder and hip to the legs.

b. slaty gum n. (see quots.).

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees

yellow box1662

gum tree1676

white gum tree1733

whip-stick1782

peppermint1790

red gum tree1790

red mahogany1798

white gum1798

box1801

blue gum1802

eucalyptus1809

box tree1819

black-butted gum1820

bloodwood1827

white ash1830

blackbutt1833

morrel1837

mountain ash1837

mallee scrub1845

apple gum1846

flooded gum1847

Moreton Bay ash1847

mallee1848

swamp gum1852

box-gum1855

manna gum1855

white top1856

river gum1860

grey box1861

woolly butt1862

marlock1863

fever tree1867

red ironbark1867

river white gum1867

karri1870

yellow jacket1876

eucalypt1877

yapunyah1878

coolibah1879

scribbly gum1883

forest mahogany1884

yellow jack1884

rose gum1885

Jimmy Low1887

nankeen gum1889

slaty gum1889

sugar-gum1889

apple box1890

Murray red gum1895

creek-gum1898

eucalyptian1901

forest red gum1904

river red gum1920

napunyah1921

whitewash gum1923

ghost gum1928

snow gum1928

Sydney blue gum1932

salmon gum1934

lapunyah1940

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 470 Eucalyptus largiflorens... Also called ‘Slaty Gum’, from the grey and white patches on the bark.

1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 524 Eucalyptus tereticornis... Called..‘Slaty Gum’ in New South Wales and Queensland.

4. Smacking of slate.

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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > having taste

savoureda1398

gusted1535

verdured1541

smoky1542

relished1567

sapient1599

tasted1604

sapid1634

gustable1657

saporousa1670

palated1671

tremulous1675

saltly1736

garlicky1775

slaty1824

trufflesque1841

pepperminty1854

flavoured1867

tasting1907

tomatoey1909

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > having specific flavour > tasting of slate

slaty1824

1824 A. Henderson Hist. Wines 226 The better sorts [of Moselle wines]..sometimes contract a slaty taste from the strata on which they grow.

1981 Woman's Jrnl. Mar. 135/3 Duck is..on the fatty side, so we need a dry, even slaty, wine to accompany it.

5. In combinations.

a. With names of colours, as slaty-black, slaty-blue, slaty-green, slaty-grey.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > greyish blue

perse-blue1414

plunket1415

persec1425

grey-blue1741

iron blue?1758

smoke-blue1807

gunpowder1817

slaty-blue1854

Silurian1892

powder-blue-grey1952

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 82 A broken track along the precipitous face of a slaty grey rock.

1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. ii. 164 Slaty-black Graucalus with the head and neck..black.

1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 288 Jacinth,..slaty-blue, and pied on back and wings with white.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 25 The rock-pigeon is of a slaty-blue, and has a white rump.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. v. 55 A coat..approximating in colour to white and slaty grey.

1975 H. R. F. Keating Remarkable Case i. 1 The slaty-blue eyes in his thin pale face.

b. Miscellaneous, as slaty-headed, slaty-like, slaty-looking, etc.

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a1866 R. Dick in Smiles Life (1878) 91 The cliffs—now yellowish, then reddish—now thin and slaty-like.

1876 Nature XIV. 580/1 A Slaty-headed Parrakeet.

1882 Cent. Mag. 25 241 Gray, slaty-looking little towns.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	slaty
释义	slatyadj. Brit. /ˈsleɪti/, U.S. /ˈsleɪdi/ Forms: Also 1600s slatie, 1700s slatey. Etymology: < slate n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. Composed of slate; resembling slate; having the nature or properties of slate. Also of land: Lying upon slate (quot. 1733).In the earliest quots. the sense is perhaps ‘stony, rocky’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > composed of slate slatya1529 shelfy1602 slatty1660 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 258 Some go streyght thyder, Be it slaty or slyder; They holde the hye waye [etc.]. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1710) I. 52 An exceding..stronge Castelle on a stepe Rok, having but one way by the stepe slaty Crag to cum to it. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ardoisin,..slatie, or, of slate. 1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 65 Blew slate..and other slaty stone mixed therewith. 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 6 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) [The stone-coal] is subject to be a little Slaty. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 92 These Estates consisted of Thin Slatey Land. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 153 Slaty Copper ore, or Cupriferous Marlite. 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 168 Hard flint they sat upon, Couches of rugged stone, and slaty ridge. 1865 J. T. F. Turner Familiar Descr. Old Delabole Slate Quarries 5 From Newquay to above Boscastle the rocks..are of a slaty character. 2. Characteristic or typical of slate. slaty cleavage: see cleavage n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > composed of slate > characteristic of slaty1794 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 83 Of a slaty fracture. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. III. 540 The slaty cleavage never coincides with the direction of the strata. 1854 E. Ronalds & T. Richardson Knapp's Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) I. 45 The principal fracture is straight, slaty. 3. a. Slate-coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > greyish grysandea1400 greyish1562 grizzlish1680 slaty1822 peppery1962 the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > bluish grey glawke1412 perse-blue1414 waterisha1425 blunket1488 bluish-grey1578 blue-grey1590 water1592 slate-grey1794 slate-coloured1801 griseous1819 neutral1821 slaty1822 schistous1858 slatish1860 powder-blue-grey1952 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 145 The slaty or purplish and granular saburra thrown up from the stomach. 1868 G. MacDonald Seaboard Parish II. v. 77 The sun had disappeared under a cloud, and the sea had turned a little slaty. 1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 202 A slaty patch extending from the shoulder and hip to the legs. b. slaty gum n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees yellow box1662 gum tree1676 white gum tree1733 whip-stick1782 peppermint1790 red gum tree1790 red mahogany1798 white gum1798 box1801 blue gum1802 eucalyptus1809 box tree1819 black-butted gum1820 bloodwood1827 white ash1830 blackbutt1833 morrel1837 mountain ash1837 mallee scrub1845 apple gum1846 flooded gum1847 Moreton Bay ash1847 mallee1848 swamp gum1852 box-gum1855 manna gum1855 white top1856 river gum1860 grey box1861 woolly butt1862 marlock1863 fever tree1867 red ironbark1867 river white gum1867 karri1870 yellow jacket1876 eucalypt1877 yapunyah1878 coolibah1879 scribbly gum1883 forest mahogany1884 yellow jack1884 rose gum1885 Jimmy Low1887 nankeen gum1889 slaty gum1889 sugar-gum1889 apple box1890 Murray red gum1895 creek-gum1898 eucalyptian1901 forest red gum1904 river red gum1920 napunyah1921 whitewash gum1923 ghost gum1928 snow gum1928 Sydney blue gum1932 salmon gum1934 lapunyah1940 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 470 Eucalyptus largiflorens... Also called ‘Slaty Gum’, from the grey and white patches on the bark. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 524 Eucalyptus tereticornis... Called..‘Slaty Gum’ in New South Wales and Queensland. 4. Smacking of slate. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > having taste savoureda1398 gusted1535 verdured1541 smoky1542 relished1567 sapient1599 tasted1604 sapid1634 gustable1657 saporousa1670 palated1671 tremulous1675 saltly1736 garlicky1775 slaty1824 trufflesque1841 pepperminty1854 flavoured1867 tasting1907 tomatoey1909 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > having specific flavour > tasting of slate slaty1824 1824 A. Henderson Hist. Wines 226 The better sorts [of Moselle wines]..sometimes contract a slaty taste from the strata on which they grow. 1981 Woman's Jrnl. Mar. 135/3 Duck is..on the fatty side, so we need a dry, even slaty, wine to accompany it. 5. In combinations. a. With names of colours, as slaty-black, slaty-blue, slaty-green, slaty-grey. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adjective] > greyish blue perse-blue1414 plunket1415 persec1425 grey-blue1741 iron blue?1758 smoke-blue1807 gunpowder1817 slaty-blue1854 Silurian1892 powder-blue-grey1952 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. iii. 82 A broken track along the precipitous face of a slaty grey rock. 1826 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XIII. ii. 164 Slaty-black Graucalus with the head and neck..black. 1854 L. A. Meall Moubray's Treat. Poultry 288 Jacinth,..slaty-blue, and pied on back and wings with white. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species i. 25 The rock-pigeon is of a slaty-blue, and has a white rump. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. v. 55 A coat..approximating in colour to white and slaty grey. 1975 H. R. F. Keating Remarkable Case i. 1 The slaty-blue eyes in his thin pale face. b. Miscellaneous, as slaty-headed, slaty-like, slaty-looking, etc. ΚΠ a1866 R. Dick in Smiles Life (1878) 91 The cliffs—now yellowish, then reddish—now thin and slaty-like. 1876 Nature XIV. 580/1 A Slaty-headed Parrakeet. 1882 Cent. Mag. 25 241 Gray, slaty-looking little towns. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1529
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