" slates "

[Noun]  | "slate" | \ ˈslāt \

1: a piece of construction material (such as laminated rock) prepared as a shingle for roofing and siding

2: a dense fine-grained metamorphic rock produced by the compression of various sediments (such as clay or shale) so as to develop a characteristic cleavage

3: a tablet (as of slate) used for writing on

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English sclate, slate, from Anglo-French *esclat, from esclater to splinter, break off, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German zesleizzen, slīzan to tear apart {mat|slit|};

[Verb]  | "slate" 

1: to cover (something) with slate or a slatelike substance

2: to designate (someone or something) for a specified purpose or action occurring especially at a fixed time

Origin: 15th century ;

[Verb]  | "slate" 

1: to thrash or pummel severely

2: to criticize or censure severely

Origin: 1825 ;

 Probably alteration of {see: |slat:1|slat:1};

[Verb]  | "slates" 

[Verb]  | "slates" 

[Verb]  | "slate" 

[Verb]  | "slate"