† slattyadj.
Obsolete.
Slaty.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > composed of slate
slatya1529
shelfy1602
slatty1660
1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 74 In a Clayie and slatty Countrey.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 120 They have harder, stony, slatty sorts of Marles.
1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 59 The black and gritty, the shelfy slatty Soil, and the stiff reddish Soil.
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