slating

Slates for covering roofs, walls, or other surfaces.

Baiting.

An unsparing criticism; a severe reprimand.

The operation of covering roofs with slates.

A roofing of slates.

Slates taken collectively; the material for slating: as, the whole slating of a house.

A liquid preparation for coating blackboards so that they may be marked upon with chalk or steatite: generally called liquid slating. Such preparations are better than oil-paint, as they do not glaze the surface.

The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.

Slates, collectively; also, material for slating.

Present participle of slate.