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Slater

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Sla·ter  (sltr), Samuel 1768-1835.
British-born textile pioneer in America. He oversaw construction of the nation's first successful water-powered cotton mill (1790-1793).
slat·er  (sltr)
n.
1. One employed to lay slate surfaces, as on roofs.
2. See pill bug.
3. See sow bug.
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Noun1.slater - any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
woodlouse
isopod - any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
pill bug - small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball
sow bug - terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)


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You remember that a stonemason, named Slater, walking from Forest Row about one o'clock in the morning--two days before the murder--stopped as he passed the grounds and looked at the square of light still shining among the trees.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Here, too, is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, corkcutters, compositors, weavers, and diamond-polishers.
Sign of the Four by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
They were masons, carpenters, joiners, slaters, blacksmiths, and glaziers; and there was work enough to last them for a long time, for had they not their own houses to build when they had finished those for other people?
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