woodlouse, wood louse, slater
(noun) any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slater (plural slaters)
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
• Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse
Slater
A surname.
A city in Iowa.
A city in Missouri.
A census-designated place in Wyoming.
• Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse
Source: Wiktionary
Slat"er, n.
Definition: One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
Slat"er, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
