_:vb6804549	<http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation>	"1941 March, \u201CNotes and News: The Demand for Slate\u201D, in Railway Magazine, page 141:"@en .
<http://kaiko.getalp.org/dbnary/eng/__ws_1_slate__Noun__1>	<http://kaiko.getalp.org/dbnary#senseNumber>	"1" .
_:vb6804550	<http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation>	"1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, \u201CThe Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives\u20141\u201D, in Railway Magazine, page 138:"@en .
<http://kaiko.getalp.org/dbnary/eng/__ws_1_slate__Noun__1>	<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type>	<http://www.w3.org/ns/lemon/ontolex#LexicalSense> .
_:vb6804550	<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#value>	"The Penrhyn slate quarry possibly dates back to the sixteenth century, as it appears that in 1580 Sion Tudor asked the Bishop of Bangor for a shipload of slate."@en .
<http://kaiko.getalp.org/dbnary/eng/__ws_1_slate__Noun__1>	<http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#example>	_:vb6804549 .
<http://kaiko.getalp.org/dbnary/eng/__ws_1_slate__Noun__1>	<http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#example>	_:vb6804550 .
<http://kaiko.getalp.org/dbnary/eng/__ws_1_slate__Noun__1>	<http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition>	_:vb6804548 .
_:vb6804548	<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#value>	"(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers."@en .
_:vb6804549	<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#value>	"Some of the minor Welsh 2 ft. gauge railways, we hear from Mr. N. F. G. Dalston, are enjoying a miniature boom owing to the demand for slate for the repair of damaged roofs."@en .