The slaty sky of dawn. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The staining is of a dull red or slaty blue colour. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
White-eyed slaty flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri). From Wordnik.com. [East African montane forests] Reference
The sky was low and slaty gray; a fine rain was falling. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
That is to say, it is impossible to produce a slaty gray image. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887] Reference
On slaty rocks which form the bed of the ravine or ghat, Dodonaea. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The mucous lining elsewhere was slaty grey, with small hæmorrhages. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
The sides of the rift were slaty, the rock layered at an angle to the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
At 3.40 made half a mile north-west up the creek, which has a slaty bed, where we crossed. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills] Reference
The first land he made after leaving Greenland he named Helluland on account of its slaty rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Canada] Reference
Plumage sombre, general colour slaty, quills and crest blackish, bill and feet orange, tail forked. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The birds were the usual water birds, viz. ouzel, slaty-white rump, slaty-red tail, white-pated chat. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The region is celebrated for its wines; and the grapes of the slaty rocks have a highly musky perfume. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Numerous varieties are produced in the province of Kiangsú -- slaty, cannel, bituminous and anthracite. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
The rocks forming the narrow ravine are very rough and slaty: limestones presenting the usual characters. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The other two are rugged; the central one is perhaps the highest; the lower portions cliffy, evidently slaty. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
There were pools of rain on it, and masses of tangled snow-laden junipers, and long reefs of wet slaty stone. From Wordnik.com. [Greenmantle] Reference
A large mass of hard dark-coloured, slaty-coloured rock in the centre of the two creeks with a passage on each side. From Wordnik.com. [McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia] Reference
These include: wattled crane (Grus carunculatus, VU), slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula, VU), corncrake (Crex crex, VU). From Wordnik.com. [Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands] Reference
It led up stairs of graywacke, along the brink of slaty cliffs that dropped sheer, hundreds of feet to the stream below. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
“You would not have to look long among those fissures of slaty schist without finding peptites of considerable value.”. From Wordnik.com. [Five Weeks in a Balloon] Reference
In addition, this ecoregion falls within the center of distribution of the globally threatened slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula, VU). From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian flooded grasslands] Reference
Their coats were a slaty blue-gray, their unkempt manes and tails black, and their bellies and the under portions of their legs silver. From Wordnik.com. [Star Flight]
Though absolutely cloudless, the sky seemed oppressed with slaty gloom, and the leaves of the trees near at hand assumed a leaden green. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
Dark-colored, slaty, and gray flours are of inferior quality, indicating a poor grade of wheat, poor milling, or a poor quality of gluten. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Shallow, well-drained Inceptisols and Ultisols are common, and have developed from slaty shale and Wisconsinan drift; many boulders occur. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)] Reference
The country presents the same ridges of singular hills formed of veins of slaty, tabular, brown rock, this is very conspicuous at Thembounwa. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
The skin does not always take the same color; it becomes in most cases grayish blue, slaty sometimes, though, a greenish brown or olive color. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
About coal, it should be understood that good hard coal has a glossy black color and a bright surface, whereas poor coal contains slaty pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads] Reference
One other bird species, the Angolan slaty-flycatcher (Dioptrornis brunneus) is also shared between this ecoregion and the Angolan scarp forests. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic] Reference
Two rare birds of special conservation concern occur in the ecoregion: wattled crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) and slaty egret (Egretta vinaceigula). From Wordnik.com. [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference
Shallow, well-drained, Inceptisols and Ultisols are common in Ecoregion 67b in New Jersey, and developed from slaty shale or pre-Wisconsinan drift. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of New Jersey (EPA)] Reference
The great slaty woodpecker (Muellerpicus pulverulentus), the largest Old World woodpecker, is an uncommon resident of lowland forests and low hills in this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Kayah-Karen montane rain forests] Reference
The waters of the loch had turned a slaty black; little angry waves broke incessantly over its surface; and inky black clouds were gathering slowly on the distant horizon. From Wordnik.com. [The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story] Reference
There was something outlandish, too, about the soft slouch hat and the cut of the clothes, of a slaty grey that showed up clearly amidst the earthy and green colours all around. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
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