slating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slating	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for slating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slating n thin layers of rock used for roofing [syn: slate, slating] a severely critical attack; "the reviewers gave his book a sound slating" the act of laying slates for a roof
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slate \Slate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slating}.] 1. To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe. 2. To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment. [Polit. Cant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slating \Slat"ing\, n. 1. The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater. 2. Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.