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▪ I. slating, vbl. n.1|ˈsleɪtɪŋ|
[f. slate v.1]
1. The fixing of slates (on a roof or elsewhere); the business of fixing slates.
1579in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 312 They..shall perfectlye and workmanlye finishe the slateinge off the sayd rouffe. 1583Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 18 Wylliam Broune for slatynge seven dayes ijs iiijd. 1663Gerbier Counsel 63 Slating with blew Slates the workmen finding all, will cost seven pence per foot. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 626 Slating is performed in several other ways. 1889H. C. Seddon Builder's Work (ed. 2) 231 The slating of roofs is paid for by the square of 100 feet super.
attrib.1572–3in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 120 A hundreth sclaiting latthes. 1863Smiles Indust. Biogr. 237 As the slating trade did not keep him in regular employment.
2. collect. The slates covering a roof.
1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) 24 The ancient slating reposes in venerable grey amongst moss and grass. 1838in Col. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 142 The shot rattled on the slating of my house. 1867Musgrave Nooks & Corners Old France II. 6 The slating here and there imitating scales.
3. The action of covering with a composition imitating slate; a kind of wash for blackboards.
1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 822/1 Black-board Slating may be accomplished with the following mixture. 1885Spon Mechanic's Own Book 435 Black-board wash, or ‘liquid slating’. Ibid., To apply the slating, have the surface smooth.
4. The process of removing hairs from skins or hides with a slater. Freq. attrib.
1885C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather xvi. 313 In many..tanneries fleshing machines have been tried..in..other tanneries experiments were made to convert them into slating..machines. 1903L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning 12 In some cases it is necessary to work the skins through the slating machine, or upon the beams.
▸ Film and Sound Recording (orig. U.S.). The action or process of providing identifying information on a film or recording, esp. by means of a slate. Cf. slate n.1 Additions.
1961Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Slating,..the movie-making process of preparing and photographing a slate. 1972L. Lipton Independent Filmmaking vii. 314 Information identifying the film and shot is chalked on the slate. (It may be useful to identify footage this way for later identification. The procedure is called slating.) 1989R. Thom AudioCraft 188 Slating, identifying individual segments of a recording by also recording a voice description on the tape immediately before the segment itself. 2003J. Rose Producing Great Sound for Digital Video (ed. 2) x. 208 Slating isn't necessary if you're recording into a computer with separate files for each take.
▪ II. slating, vbl. n.2|ˈsleɪtɪŋ|
[f. slate v.2]
1. A severe punishment; a beating.
1860P. H. Rathbone in Trades' Societies & Strikes 368 The society defended all men prosecuted for trade assaults or ‘slatings’, as the term was. 1872Echo 4 Sept., The Kilkenny Militia..really did..get a fearful slating to-day.
2. A severe reprimand or scolding.
1881Mrs. E. Lynn Linton My Love II. 307 After that first ‘slating’, as the vulgar little creature called it, Valentine said no more. 1894Tablet 24 Aug. 304, I hear the good nuns got a bit of a ‘slating’ from the Chaplain as a reward for their anxiety.
3. A severe criticism or literary castigation.
1870‘Ouida’ Puck xix, Extinguished by means of journalistic slating. 1890Literary World 22 Aug. 145 It must be admitted that the slating was well deserved.
▪ III. † slating, vbl. n.3 Obs.—0
[f. OF. esclater: see F. éclater (sense 7) in Littré.]
(See quot.)
1688Holme Armoury iii. 91/1 Slat-ing of Inamell, is taking Inamell off a Ring, and Inamelling it with another colour.
▪ IV. slating, ppl. a.|ˈsleɪtɪŋ|
[f. slate v.2]
Severely critical or condemnatory.
1885Longm. Mag. V. 499 A ‘slating’ article was in type for publication. 1900Daily News 7 Dec. 7/1 A question whether ‘booing’ was more damaging than a ‘slating’ notice. |