(Min.)

a kind of slate of a greenish gray color, which absorbs water rapidly, and adheres to the tongue; whence the name.

See also: Slate

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Adhesive slate