slatey


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slatey

(ˈsleɪtɪ)
adj, slatier or slatiest
informal Irish slightly mad; crazy
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Adj.1.slatey - of the color of slate or granite; "the slaty sky of dawn"
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
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The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, named for its benefactors, opened on December 1, 1928, on Slatey Road, Oxton - conveniently placed for its intended middle-class audience.
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport - Box Office 01704 533 333, - Dec 20 The Hardmans' House, 59, Rodney Street, Liverpool, 0151 709 6261, - to Sat, Oct 31 Hitchcocks Trilogy Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, 0151 652 4177, - to Sun, Nov 1 Doesn't Look Like a Book/Hidden in the Open Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Slatey Road, Birkenhead, 0151 652 4177, - to Sun, Nov 1 Anne Harild: Public Commission in the Courtyard The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX, - to Oct 31 Poppies: Women and War Museum of Liverpool, Mann Island, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 1DG, - to June, 2016 Sail Away: Liverpool Shipping Posters A century of shipping posters from Merseyside Maritime Museum's collection.
It has crisp red apples and stone fruits on the nose; then to sip - and the reward is a mouth-filling juiciness of apples, berries and apricot with a slatey contrast of dry flint.
WOLVERHAMPTON: 5.45 Riskit Fora Biskit, 6.15 Bentley, 6.45 Autrisk, 7.15 Askaud, 7.45 Yojojo, 8.15 Slatey Hen, 8.45 Haadeeth.
Choose a dark slatey grey and a bright sunshine yellow and you'll find you have a strong, modern, young look on your hands.
Beyond this, climb up the slatey path to reach the edge of an eerie, water-filled pit, the flooded remains of a quarry.
Richard Fahey''s Slatey Hen looks to have solid claims in the Bet SP+ On Weekdays At totesport.com Selling Stakes.
A slatey, mineral element adds complexity and leads to a juicy, clean finish.
The dwarf Iris Katherine Hodgkin, above, sports an unusual colour palette of duck egg blue and light green with standards in white and yellow with violet spots, all with a slatey hue.
TRY THIS FULL VELVET NUMBER IN SLATEY BLUE-GREY, A SNIP AT pounds 25, TOGETHER WITH A FINE KNIT TOP, pounds 10, WORN OVER A GATHERED SILK CAMISOLE TOP, pounds 12, AND ALL TOPPED OFF WITH A WIDE SUEDE PLAITED BELT, ALL BY CHEROKEE AT TESCO' S.
From the street, the house seems to be a gloomy cube of slatey concrete and glass.